The Autumn Moon

The morning of October 6th, 2025 at 6:00 AM. This is my favorite time of year, the beginning of the holiday season.  In Ohio, this would mean cooler temperatures, football games and leaves changing colors. Here in Pacifica and at this time of my life, Fall means less fog, sometimes higher temperatures, and Orion over…… Continue reading The Autumn Moon

The Way of All Flesh

I enjoy reading books about life in villages pre-industrial revolution wherever in the world they may be. Asking ChatGPT to recommend books like this returned this title and so I read it. I was a bit weary since it was a “Duke Classic book” and it also had the flavor of being something like Middlemarch,…… Continue reading The Way of All Flesh

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St. Louis Trip

It is 7:30 AM and I’m sitting in The Hotel St. Louis, Autograph Collection. I don’t know what “Autograph collection” means but assume it is a marketing technique to make a hotel seem fancier than it is. This is my first time in St. Louis as well as this part of the country. Prior to…… Continue reading St. Louis Trip

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The Jumble Newspaper Puzzle

About a decade or so ago I started reading my hometown newspaper, The Columbus Dispatch, again after years of getting my news from the newer internet sources like Google and other internet sources. The primary reason for the switch was one of nostalgia: I could read the print edition format right on my iPad which…… Continue reading The Jumble Newspaper Puzzle

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Bryson

Over the past two years I’ve been enjoying books about life in countryside villages, pre-industrial revolution. I asked ChatGPT about other books regarding the simplicity of nature and that is how I must have stumbled upon this book. I had no intention to read a book about the Appalachian trail. I’m not interested in the…… Continue reading A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bill Bryson

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