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Do’s and Don’ts

DO read: While spending a few days camping on Long Beach back in July, the missus and I found ourselves + more

Today in History

On October 23, 1642, Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading and Royalist Commander in the First English Civil War, + more

“I said my prayers and went to bed / That’s the last they saw of me…”

Out of concern for my wellbeing, my buddy Dave alerted me to some sobering news: Deadheads are being murdered at + more

A Glimmer of Hope

A pandemic with no end in sight. Riots in the streets. Families and friendships torn apart by rank political partisanship. + more

Miscellany

The 2020 winners of Nikon’s annual Small World photomicrography competition have been announced. Prepare to be dazzled. Why are some + more

Poetry Break

AMONG THE ROCKS Robert Browning Oh, good gigantic smile o’ the brown old earth, This autumn morning! How he sets + more

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

In 1972, my home town of Chewelah, Washington was recognized as an All-America City. As a kid, I remember it + more

A(nother) Rant

In an otherwise interesting essay reflecting on nearly two decades of running a record label, Alec Hanley Bemis offers up + more

Miscellany

Happy Monday! I’ve put together some interesting reads to help you start your week off right. You’re welcome. Elle Hunt + more

Recommended

I’m not exactly one of those guys with his finger on the pulse of, well…anything, really. So naturally I’m a + more

Here We Go Again

I feel much the same about presidential debates as I do golf: It’s time that I’ll never, ever get back. + more

Miscellany

Today is the first day of autumn. Or, as I like to refer to it, that day in September when + more

Monday Diversion

If Al Franken drawing a map of the United States from memory can’t bring us all together as a nation, + more

#eyeroll

“Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is one of classical music’s most famous works,” tweeted one of the mouth-breathers at Vox this morning. + more

An Observation

I may have mentioned that I’m reading my way through The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro’s (currently) four-volume biography + more

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