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It's not just CBS News Radio that ends today -- it's also a small piece of broadcasting history.
This month’s theme for the Read Christie 2026 challenge is ‘Best Short Story Collection’. I’ve already read the suggested title, The Labours of Hercules, so I decided to choose a different one – and although I’m not sure whether Poirot...
I want to look at one of the most useful pigments for landscape sketching today, and that’s Yellow Ochre and Raw Sienna. Wait, you’ll say, these are two pigments..and that’s right…or actually not entirely, since these are really similar...
A couple of nights ago, the baby who I’m on parental leave (our soon-to-be 11 month old) slept through the night for the first time!
I love Louis Armstrong but I fear this new version of WordPress may be the death knell for me and, given I’ve been using WordPress since 2004 (version 1.2), I guess I can say it’s been a good run. I have pondered moving away from...
I’ve been back at work for 10 days and today should have been my 100th (working) day in this role. I actually think I’ve managed 65 – so I’ve been off sick a third of the time I have had this job. Which, I have to be honest, is making...
2023 SF, second of its series. OK, now we know some of what's going on. What should we do about it?
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of being the guest of Carl Raymond on his popular podcast, The Gilded Gentleman. Carl started his podcast in 2021, and it is now at an impressive #21 on Apple’s top history podcasts. During the...
Mom spreads maps over the dining room table. They’re oldish, not ancient, but the home I see in them is not the home I know. They are all of Colorado—mostly cities at the nexus of Rocky Mountains and High Plains, 40, 50, 60 years ago....