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This is a postcard sent to my mom by a relative on my dad's side.
In case you're wondering, according to the research I conducted the characters above THIS WAY translate word for word to "This way."
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This is a photo of that blood relative, taken in November 2002. How old do you think she is?
In the unretouched photograph at left above she's 70 years old. She flies planes, she writes books, and she has terrible handwriting, so I don't really know what the other side of the postcard says. Her books so far are ZERO 3 BRAVO: Solo Across America in a Small Plane (1994, ISBN 978-0671892081), and ICE: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance (2007, ISBN 978-0226304960). Update of February 11, 2011: With regard to Ice, you can listen to today's podcast of an NPR Science Friday segment in which Mariana discusses with host Ira Flatow the subject of -- guess what? -- ice. |
