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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...
When you burn quite a few discs, especially at high speeds, there is always the chance of something going wrong. This post looks at some of the non-high-speed burns due to firmware bugs, slower burns from my ailing SOHW-832S and the...
Junited 2026 was amazing! So much link love spread. Thank you so much to all of you who participated. It was wonderful to see that several bloggers mentioned that they had discovered Junited itself through someone else's post about it....
These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 Opening Panel: Archival Poetics & The War on Memory This opening panel on June 11, 2012 entitled “The War on Memory” includes Eleni Sikelianos, Stacy Szymaszek, Steve...
I started to write a post earlier and realised it was turning into a bit of a rant. I remembered that, earlier in the year, I'd promised myself I'd focus on positivity in my writing more often. So today, I'm going to list a few things I...