Nostalgic reprint from October 2009 I just finished reading “The Souls of Black Folk” by W.E.B. Du Bois. It was written in 1904 and was remarkably prescient. Du Bois was the first the first ...Read More
Fortnight Noun: British english for biweekly or a two week period. Example: “We didn’t expect to see the cruise ship again for a fortnight.”...Read More
Walking down the circumference trail at Piestewa on Sunday September 29 I saw this odd pile of stones. I have walked by this spot at least 100 times in the past two years. The original photo before I ...Read More
Here is a specific idea that combines the directed travel idea from my why we travel writing and the core idea from Arbitrary Stupid Goals. Visit all of the covered bridges in Oregon, walk across each...Read More
WWIT about Trump, Ukraine and Impeachment When Donald Trump was elected President we already knew he was a deeply flawed man who had no experience running a government. But being a fool is not an impe...Read More
“The future of an organization is in the hands of the privates in the field, not the generals back home.” Krulak’s Law as quoted by Seth Godin...Read More
The Opium War By Julia Lovell The first half of this book is an excellent telling of the details of the Opium War that the British Empire and China fought in the mid 19th Century. It is pretty balance...Read More