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• Movement

  By aaforringer on February 19, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

    The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.   Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father Étienne Pascal,… Read More ›

• Garden

  By aaforringer on February 17, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.   Gertrude Jekyll Gertrude Jekyll (29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman,… Read More ›

• Fame

  By aaforringer on February 12, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  If you ask me what’s harder, being famous or flying to space, I’d say fame is much harder.  Yi So-Yeon Yi So-yeon (born June 2, 1978) is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first South Korean citizen to fly in space. Lee was… Read More ›

• Flight

  By aaforringer on February 10, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug – once you experience it, you can’t think of anything else.   Gherman Titov Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a… Read More ›