The Syncretistic Rabbit

 

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There are no rabbits on Tanna.  There are also no chocolate eggs in the stores.  That’s cool with me, I don’t like chocolate much anyway.  For those who do, I have been able to get my hands on two packs of Tymos – much like the Australian Tim Tam but better because they come in coconut flavour.  Personally, I would prefer the rabbit itself, but as I said, none of them either.

Eggs aren’t a part of Easter here.  Why would they be?  Even if people did know what a rabbit was, I’m pretty sure they could take a fair guess and say that they don’t lay eggs.  An egg-delivering fur-ball just isn’t part of their past.  But it is part of ours of course. Continue reading

The Venus Transit: A Monumental Missions Anniversary

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Today marks a significant second occurrence of the second transit in the pairing of Venus’s transits of the Sun since 1769.  You ask why this is significant to missions, well let me explain. Continue reading