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If everything went to plan, I’m currently in the bush on the Zambezi River, probably just settling in for the evening by the campfire with a whisky in my hand and a blanket of stars above me. Behind me, a forest of winterthorn trees, and...
Happy July, fellow Sweets lovers!With America's Independence Day this weekend, you know I had to find some pretty red, white, and blue numbers: (By Sugar Hero, who has a complete tutorial on her site) Plus this one has a drool-worthy...
The album Coltrane’s Sound begins explosively. There’s a single-note saxophone pickup, and then bang, straight into the full band playing a big, bright latin tune. A few seconds in, the feel changes to swing, then back to latin....
Portrait of the Artist as An Older Man Midpoints. Turning 44.Forty-four is a number with a seam down the middle for me, and I'm sitting directly on top of it, coffee going lukewarm, watching the seam do whatever seams do when no one's...
Killed a man Tuesday. Checked his oil, packed a lunch, drove three hundred miles to do it. The boy looked like his nephew. Same jaw, same stupid haircut. Wednesday he kissed his daughter on the forehead. Told her to be good. Meant it. No...
§ Northeast Ohio saw a brutal heat wave this week with temperatures in the upper 90s each day. Our fig plant must have enjoyed it—its branches are suddenly covered in tiny budding fruits. The one breba fig I found at the end of May still...
The view from Lake Michigan from Michigan City East Lighthouse, 2026-07-03. Fri, July 3rd, 2026: All of these articles were in the Top 12 on Bubbles this morning: You Don't Have to Blog Like Me, Stop Writing for Bubbles, Re: Your...
It is not the ideas we do not have that block our thinking but the ideas we already have. — Edward de Bono This week — after finishing Catch-22 by Joseph Heller — I started reading Edward do Bono's How to Have a Beautiful Mind. I was...
I love how these green leather A5 covers turned out! 2026 St. Louis Pen Show Recap (via Pen Addict - Kimberly). The St. Louis Pen Show continues to be a well-attended regional show. It’s relatively close to me, so I may have to visit in...
On 5 July 1975 American tennis player Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles’ championship. Ashe beat defending champion Jimmy Connors three sets to one on Centre Court. Ashe would use his profile protesting...
The Queens pub in North London’s Crouch End is something of a landmark in the area and known very well to me as a local of the area. The Grade II-listed boozer has undergone a £150,000 restoration that fully highlights its grand...
I know you are out there.you . . .I always knew this toobut yes, I admit itmy faith was questioned and my doubts were mounting I am here with you nowThen again, where else would I be?Where else would I be, unless the Godshad other...
“There is a brief moment in your life where everyone important around you is alive and, hopefully, doing well. Cherish this moment.” I read this once in an article several years ago, but I was too young to understand and realize what...
Meaning. It means so much. So do the words that deliver it to us. But remember, there was meaning before we constructed words into language. This week’s Sunday Morning Reading comes on the final day of a weird and wacky 4th of July...
Having picked up our new car, we were quite eager to go on a day trip to put the car through its paces over a reasonably long distance. There's no shortage of lovely places to visit around Sydney, we chose the Southern Highlands as a...