An Inspirational Ocarina Story

| February 28, 2009

I just can’t imagine why anyone would invent the ocarina, or why, but it turns out that there’s a compelling story behind it. It reminds me of the stories told by Horatio Alger. It seems that a youthful Giuseppe Donati (1836–1925) was restless. There were no child labor laws in Italy at the time, so [...]

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Ceramic Sweet Potato answers

| February 27, 2009

I’ve found out what a ceramic sweet potato is. It has nothing to do with sweet potatoes. It’s an ocarina. Here’s a website explaining what an ocarina is. It features a picture of a pile of ocarinas: Notice the ocarina case at the top of the picture! (I wonder who makes ocarina cases?) Here’s a [...]

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