Archimedes Notebook

 Winter Solstice is Sunday morning, December 21. That will be the shortest day of the year - though you won't notice days getting longer...

 Every now and then I come across a book that is more than a book. This one turns into a catapult - at least part of it does! That makes it ...

  Sometimes when you get up close to a tree, you decide that maybe you don't want to shake it's hands! What sort of prickly trees do...

We still have a couple weeks before the official “first day of winter” but it can snow any time, so I want to share these fun books today. t...

 Fall is a beautiful time where I live: leaves of all colors cling to the trees, shining like stained glass in the early morning sun. They c...