PLACE NAMES—SIGNPOSTS TO THE PAST
HISTORIAN MICHAEL WOOD WRITES, “… a rusting cast-iron signpost peeping through the foliage in a sunken lane gives me an inexplicable thrill. It’s the idea that the deep past might … Continue reading
COME FLY WITH ME
I SHARE FRANK SINATRA’S VOCAL ENTHUSIASM for air travel: “Once you get up there, where the air is rarified/ We’ll just glide, starry-eyed” being a particularly telling lyric. And thus … Continue reading
ITALIAN HAPPY SNAPS
THE DISCOVERER BLOG CONTINUES TO DELIGHT and to remind me what wonderful adventures Italy has provided. Here, tidbits gleaned from its “Stunning Photos That Will Make You Want to Book … Continue reading
BAEDEKER’S CANADA 1900 PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE FIGURED IT’S TIME to learn more about Canada. And my Baedeker’s Travellers Guide, 1900, seemed a fine place to start. Here in Part 2, we’ve missed our train … Continue reading
BAEDEKER’S CANADA 1900 PART 1
WHAT WITH THE ACQUISITIONAL WEAVES of our Queens Felon, I thought it’s time to direct attention toward our friends to the north. And, you’ll not be surprised, I have a … Continue reading
KEWL BUILDINGS U.S.A. PART 2
PART 1 YESTERDAY GOT US STARTED VISITING the Discoverer website’s choices of cool buildings around the U.S. Our travels and recollections continue here. Topeka High School—Kansas. “It’s hard to believe,” … Continue reading
KEWL BUILDINGS U.S.A. PART 1
“AS WE TRAVEL AROUND THE UNITED STATES,” the Discoverer website writes, “we witness fantastic buildings that adorn the country’s cites and towns…. Let’s take a road trip across America as … Continue reading
KAWARA’S CARD GAME IS GOOD FUN, AND NEIGHBORLY
“ ‘IT FEELS GREAT WHEN YOU WIN, but it’s even more fun when you use a card featuring someone you actually know,’ says 12-year-old Sasuke, who plays about three times … Continue reading
ON GREENLAND, NOT JUST OVER IT PART 2
YESTERDAY, PART 1 SHARED JAMES MEEK’S personal encounters experienced in Greenland described in “Everything is Possible,” London Review of Books, April 17, 2025. Today’s Part 2 begins with an horrific … Continue reading
ON GREENLAND, NOT JUST OVER IT PART 1
JAMES MEEK IS A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR at the London Review of Books and, by my modest standards, something of an adventurous traveler: He recently visited Greenland, a place I’ve experienced … Continue reading
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