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“All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God.” (Psalm 98:3)

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American Astrophysicist Dr Kim Weaver was born on 19 April 1964 in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Dr Weaver says:

In her 20s, she had already discovered a galaxy and been awarded a PhD for her study of "The Complex Broad-band X-ray Spectra of Seyfert Galaxies". Soon after that she received a Presidential Early Career award to continue her X-ray work on black holes. She has had various jobs, including that of Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters for the Spitzer Space Telescope, Associate Director for Science at NASA's Goddard Flight Center, and more recently, US Project Scientist for XMM-Newton, an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency.

Dr Weaver says:

And she's not selfish about hoarding the excitement of X-Ray astronomy.

Books like the ones she devoured as a child make her want to inspire new generations to look to the stars. She has appeared in television programs and films as “the public face of NASA at Goddard,” and has written a popular book The Violent Universe: Joyrides Through the X-Ray Cosmos.
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On this day in 2017 – April 26th – the Cassini spacecraft made the first dive of the Grande Finale of its 13-year study of the Saturnian system.

It was the beginning of a series of close orbits that involved Cassini diving between Saturn and its rings. Astronomers collected data to learn more about the origins, mass, and age of Saturn's rings, as well as the mysteries of the gas giant's interior.

It is love alone that gives worth to all things.

Teresa of Ávila

Saint Teresa of Ávila was a 16th-century Catholic nun and mystic. She is known for her inspired spiritual writings and for founding numerous convents across Spain. In her books, letters, and poems, she described the asceticism and contemplation that she practiced alongside her fellow nuns. She believed love was a divine force that imbued earthly life with meaning and value. She wrote, “Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.”

Review of Boost Your Online Brand: Make Creative Animated Banners in Adobe Photoshop by Andrea Anzai, a Skillshare course.

Animated Banners in Photoshop by Andrea Anzai

Mother's Day is approaching and kids (of all ages) want to present a special heart felt gift to their moms. Simple and inexpensive handmade gifts are especially cherished by moms everywhere.

Mother's Day Gift Ideas to Sew

Posted my latest review on Selective Focus. "The Fox" is based on the true life story of the filmmaker's great-grandfather. The story begins in the 1920s in Austria, where the young boy Franz lives with his family in extreme poverty. In order to save the boy from starvation, his parents relinquish custody. As a young man, Franz joins the Army and ends up as a motorcycle courier serving in Hitler's army. "The Fox" is not a war film, however. It's about human and cross-species relationships, as the alienated young man adopts a fox cub and develops a deep bond with the animal. Here's the link. The Fox Film Review

Welcome visitors and friends with a garden flag to hang from a wrought iron garden flag pole, wall bracket, or mailbox. These celebratory flags add welcoming visual interest to home, garden or business and provide an extra display of color and whimsy for any outdoor space.

Sew a Garden Flag

In this Skillshare one hour course entitled Notion for Pattern Designers: Plan, Organise, & Manage Your Pattern Collections, Mel Armstrong takes you through the process of using Notion to create a database system for your pattern collections.

Review Notion for Pattern Designers...our Pattern Collections by Mel Armstrong

In this Watch Me Work course, Hope Johnson demonstrates how to create a portfolio in Adobe Indesign. Create a Portfolio with Adobe Indesign is one in a series of her Watch Me Work courses available on Skillshare.

Review - Create a Portfolio with Adobe Indesign

Sewing tips can be found just about anywhere. On the inside packaging of notions, among the pages of glossy sewing magazines, at sewing groups on just about any social media platform as well as numerous online tutorials, videos, and online classes. Every sewer has their favorite tips for sewing.

Useful Sewing Tips

This is exciting news, for silent film fans in particular. "Garbo: Leave Me Alone" is currently in pre-production. Lorna Tucker is in the director's chair, having previously profiled Katherine Hepburn in the doc "Call Me Kate". Tucker will be working with the Swedish Film Institute and the Garbo Estate, both of which are giving her access to previously unused material including letters written by Garbo and personal photographs. The doc is expected in theaters by the end of 2024.

These go hand in hand for sure. AI is new so you sign up for classes on how to use it. Using Excel in Genealogy-what's that all about?

There are several sites which provide free ongoing education opportunities in genealogy and just because they seem regional doesn't mean they are regional. They cover all sorts of topics of interest for genealogist. Genealogy changes daily.


https://familytreewebinars.com/

https://tngs.org/Events (some free; some not)

https://gagensociety.org/webinar-schedule/

Functional totes, nostalgic aprons, practical sleep pants, simple skirts and stylish infinity scarves are some of the best sewing projects for novice sewers since all involve a yard or less of fabric, usually straight line sewing and little time to complete. Add pillowcases to an easy-to-sew list!

Easy to Sew Pillowcases

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From March Equinox to June Solstice

Easter Island and a distant dwarf planet. What do they have in common? The answer is Makemake, discovered on March 31, 2005. To English speakers, that looks like make-make, but it's a a Polynesian god whose name is pronounced MAH.kay.MAH.kay. In the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island he was a fertility god and the creator of humanity. But how did his name come to be given to a small frozen body seven billion kilometers (four billion miles) from the Sun?

Makemake
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Holy Saturday

"Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps."