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Tammy Roe was absolutely certain that the whole country was celebrating her birthday. She lived up the street from us on South Bend’s south side in a neighborhood the families called Rabbit Hill. 31 children had been born along our...
The Norfolk Broads is the only place you are likely to see native Swallowtail butterflies in the UK today. There has, for many years, been a suggestion that it is distinct from its various European counterparts. A paper from Nabholz et...
Over the past few months a recurring theme has emerged in my inbox, as well as within the community channel, and it is one that I have been chewing on for a while now. Several of you have, kindly and very politely, told me more or less...
To my North American readers, happy 4th of July! In my previous post, we saw Adam Smith’s scathing critique of farm subsidies. (This critique appears in Additions #8 and #9 (pp. 10-12) of his 1784 pamphlet.) As it happens, the Scottish...
The tramshed at the edge of the villageThere's an old tramshed near our house in Saltaire. I've walked past so many times over the past 25 years — and I've always noticed the archive photos dotted around the area of trams and...
So there's this whole thing now about how under-16s aren't meant to be allowed on social media, and this is supposed to be enforced through technical means using Zero-Knowledge Proofs, or something. Here is my proposal. Let's disregard...
If you’re a bit of a geology nerd you can’t go wrong with Saltwick Bay. Just one mile east of the famous town of Whitby, Saltwick Bay is a beautiful sandy bay hemmed in by towering cliffs. On its northern side is Saltwick Nab, a headland...
In June, hundreds of people showed up at a DoubleTree hotel in Lawrence, Kansas, to watch the bus carrying the Algerian soccer team arrive. Lawrence, Kansas is a college town of a hundred thousand people in the middle of the country. The...
Celebrating Independence Day and America 250 with this penny postal greeting sent to my husband's family in Cleveland, Ohio, 119 years ago today. What a colorful Uncle Sam!
So is it more garden tat or the grave marker of an unknown Celtic warrior who we believe was killed during the Battle of the Binks in 975AD (approx)? You choose (please do so wisely and afterwards maintain a strict and respectful...
In Paris I sit on a balcony and watch the sun rise. It’s the kind of cliche wonderful that one would expect, the whole city bathed in the first bright light of a summer day, low puffy clouds and the metal roofs looking like nowhere else...
It’s Saturday again so it’s time for another update of activity at the Open Journal of Astrophysics. Since the last update we have published a further seven papers, bringing the number in Volume 9 (2026) to 136 and the total so far...
Jo Malone (brand) has done it again – launched another quirky limited edition, the Brit Veggie Collection, that consists of three fragrances – Carrot Blossom, Velvety Butternut and Scarlet Beetroot – in unique, colorful bottles. Saturday...
Happy July 4th to my readers in the USA, and I hope you enjoy the 250th anniversary celebrations. This week, I wrote More Fear Moves in Daggerheart Combat, and the top reads on the blog (besides the new post and newsletter) were Playing...
This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.Was actually quite well done with not much (effectively just one on-camera actor). But I found the plot too constructed and a little incoherent, which made it less spooky than it...