Author Archives: Liza Blue

Podcast: Marketing Unplugged – Pot Pourri

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Lists: 5 Ideas to Shake Up Olympics Ice Skating

1.  Redefine Pairs Currently the International Skating Union (ISU) states that pairs and ice dancing partners must consist of a “lady” and a man, though it does not define these genders further.  Why not open it up to two humans … Continue reading

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Podcast: Darwin and I Take a Walk

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Darwin-and-I.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDarwin and I explore the mysteries of the pellet feces. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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The Nature of the Mundane Part 3. Darwin and I Take a Walk

I recently took a walk alongside a herd of big-horned sheep in the Rio Grande valley north of Santa Fe, where I couldn’t help but notice tiny fecal pellets scattered all along the trail.  How could such an enormous animal … Continue reading

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Nature of the Mundane Part 2: Fruit Flies

The Nature of the Mundane.  Part 2.  Fruit Flies It took me decades to make the connection between the annoying insects hovering above the fruit basket and Drosophila melanogaster, the inspiration behind six Nobel prizes over the past 100 years.  … Continue reading

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Podcast: Nature of the Mundane Part 2. Fruit Flies

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Nature-of-the-Mundane-Part-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s time to start celebrating fruit flies as evolution’s great gift to human physiology. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Cicada Summer

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Day-I-Burned-a-Piano-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSexual escapades every 17 years during a cicada summer Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Cicada Summer

John was pleased that the woman sat next to him on the commuter train, even though it was the only open seat.  She could have stood in the vestibule, he thought.  The next day there was a vacant seat.  She … Continue reading

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The Day I Burned a Piano

I stand in the empty living room, staring at the piano.  The gathering cold of autumn seeps into the unheated farmhouse, the temperature penetrating and raw.  After my parents died, first my mother, then my father, I have sold both … Continue reading

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Podcast: The Day I Burned a Piano

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Day-I-Burned-a-Piano-final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe last item on my punch list. Get rid of the piano. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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