Saturday, December 10, 2022

SEDONA

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 People thought we were crazy to take a road trip when everything was closed down  but it was important to see our granddaughter get married...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

SIEGFRIED MARCUS AND THE INVENTION OF THE AUTOMOBILE

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 Most people have no idea who invented the gasoline powered automobile.  Popular thinking is that Gottfried Daimler and Karl Benz in Germany...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

ANOTHER QUARANTINE PROJECT: SUPERNOVA OF 1054 AND THE EUROPEAN REACTION--OR LACK THEREOF

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For those of you who study medieval history, you might find this interesting.   On the Fourth of July, in the year 1054, Chinese astronomers...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

SWEET HOME ALABAMA 2.0--YOU'RE NOT A REAL BEARS FAN UNLESS YOU KNOW ABOUT HARLON HILL

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Driving past cotton fields in the Northwest corner of Alabama you come to the bend of the Tennessee River is an area called The Shoals.  It ...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

SWEET HOME ALABAMA--ALABAMA MUSIC HALL OF FAME

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This year, on our annual winter trip through the South, we took a 2 hour detour off the Interstate to the tri-city area of Tuscumbia, Muscle...
Sunday, April 19, 2020

MORE QUARANTINE STORIES--MYSTERIES OF THE GREAT SPHINX

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Several years ago, Dianne and I took a trip to Egypt, and I wrote several articles about our experiences there.  We stayed at the Oberoi Men...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

THE STRANGE STORY OF MOE BERG, BALLPLAYER AND SPY

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Morris "Moe" Berg (1902-1972) was a Major League ballplayer who had probably the most interesting backstory of any professional at...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

MORE QUARANTINE STORIES--CHICAGO PIZZA AND HOT DOGS

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A year or two ago, I wrote an article about my quest for the best fried chicken in the country.  We had, of course paid a visit to the origi...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

MORE THINGS I LEARNED DURING QUARANTINE--ALIEN LIFE IN AND AROUND THE RINGS OF SATURN

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I've taken the enforced quarantine as an opportunity to be productive and learn new things.  The library is closed, but the supermarket ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

THINGS I LEARNED DURING QUARANTINE--BIG BANG

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Sitting in the house with little to do and the library closed, I have to keep my mind busy.  I watched a couple educational movies on Cosmos...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

MORE ROAD TRIP ADVENTURES--TASTING CHILI, 2 PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES, 2 CAPITOLS, AND OTHERS,

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SAMPLING CINCINNATI CHILI After touring the Ark Encounter in Kentucky, Dianne and I stopped for dinner nearby at Skyline Chili, a Cincinna...