A powerful and luminous explosion of a star is referred to as a supernova. While a diary entry by a member of the Japanese imperial court in September 1811 calls it “a sign of abnormality,” another saw it as an “occasion for making auspicious offerings for a good harvest.” A Japanese history from the mid-1200s mentions that “A guest star …
Enter Moorten Botanical Garden in the Mesa neighborhood of south Palm Springs and you’re on a different clock, in a different time. Clark Moorten framed by rare exotic cactuses in Moorten Botanical Garden’s “cactarium” — a word coined by his mother, Patricia. Slim didn’t like the idea but he did it, Clark said, and then Patricia made up a name …
