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Good morning, afternoon, or whenever it is that you read this. Earlier this year, my wife read M. L. Wang's Blood Over Bright Haven at my recommendation. While she was in the middle of reading it, she suggested the Bone Shard Daughter by...
Dear Reader,Reading well is a system poorly stewarded by us, the supposedly blessed literate masses. Entire eras of written language wilt on the vines of time, but with a strategic mindset, we can make small steps to reclaim our...
A video of the best steam locomotive in the world ever? Of course I'm going to link to it from here!
Patriots all! (click to enlarge)Two hundred and fifty years ago today, a group of men gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and committed the ultimate act of treason against their Mother country– England. They signed a document, called...
1 Therapist - “I think you should morn the children you’re not going to have… as if that loss was measurable and as tragic as it feels.” Drew - “I am trying to but it’s hard since we still talk.” Therapist - “I fall on your discernment...
Conkwell Woods are on the side of the Avon valley below Bradford on Avon. The Kennet and Avon Canal runs through them, between the Dundas and Avoncliff Aqueducts. They're supposed to be the most haunted woods in the country, and you'd...
The minimum radius for one of these Hornby 0-4-0’s could be derived from factors such as: Four inches seems too tight a curve. I think I want to see this and “test”. I’m planning on a trip to the library... Read More ›
The Tiny Awards are returning for a fourth year. The past three winners have been remarkably diverse — rotating sandwiches, a one minute park experience, and a memorial to the fifty thousand names of those killed in Gaza. If you know of...
The future is, apparently, now
Hello again all. It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States. This is going to be a bit more of an open musing than an argument as compared to...
It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. We all start at the same place as other readers, add six books, and see where it ends up. June’s starting point is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, which has...
Don’t just like stuff on the fly. Take a moment to stop & share. It only takes a moment to assert your disdain for the un-human slop of A.I., the invasive data collecting & societal level manipulations of the big-socials, and the ever...
Happy 250th birthday, United States of America! What a strange moment to mark a birthday, given everything going on in the world. Even so, I believe the U.S. has done enormous good and has served as a beacon for the world since at...
I have way more sweat glands than I thought. It's been a week of passive sweating. You aren't actually doing anything, but you're still damp enough that anything passing by sticks to you. Leaves, bugs, dirt, hair, anything really. You...
Somewhere out of view, something is doing work I used to do myself.