Continue Reading Between Continents A decade or so after my progeny finished high school I am still in awe of their stellar English teacher and lucky…
Continue Reading Hater, Renegade and Prophet Now who could that be? One of the most revolutionary agents in history whose actions 5oo years ago changed the Western world,…
Continue Reading Knowing History Or Not, As The Case May Be The current president of the US announced yesterday that a former president, Andrew Jackson, was angry about the Civil War and would…
Continue Reading Reading List This week I am drawn to books that are in some ways related to current events. Since two of my friends are…
Continue Reading Throwing This week we had marching, hiking, flying, switching lanes and finally: throwing. As in throwing obfuscation out there, sowing confusion. Despairing mermaid? Meet Robert Proctor,…
Continue Reading Flying In an airplane, I just point my iPhone to things that look interesting, through the usually smudged and wet windows. (These images…
Continue Reading Switching Lanes If you google Wilfrid Voynich, Wikipedia lists his professions as: Revolutionary; Antique Book Seller. How’s that for an interesting shift in live(s)?…
Continue Reading Hiking Yesterday it was all about marching. Today it’s going to be about hiking. Alas, not the real thing, given that trails are…
Continue Reading Marching On Saturday I took part in the March for Science here in PDX, one of 600 sister marches across the country and,…
Continue Reading Seeking the Light On a Friday in spring what better than branching out – we had jokes at the beginning of the week, might as…
