Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A Discussion with Elle Sandy About the Business of Proofreading

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Elle, looking at the stars with our mutual grandparents, 1956. Elle Sandy is a professional proofreader/editor. We first met in Maine when I...
Monday, March 22, 2021

The Upside of Ignorance; the Downside of Knowledge

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For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;      the more knowledge, the more grief. --Ecclesiastes 1:18 "Ignorance is bliss; 't is fol...
Sunday, March 21, 2021

Jack London Bio Offers New Insights While Raising Old Questions

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At one time Jack London was the highest paid writer in America. There were two things that gave his writing such force. First, the stories h...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Book Burning 101 -- Quotes from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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It was a pleasure to burn. --Opening line.   "Do you ever  read  any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against ...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Key Takeaways from Michael Shellenberger's Apocalypse Never

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Photo: Gary Firstenberg I've spent a lifetime listening to doomsayers tell us we will run out of oil in 10 years. It never happens. So w...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Almost Wordless Wednesday: Still Two Weeks Left to See Some Fab Paintings from Students at the Great Lakes Academy Here in Duluth

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  This past several years I've been following the work of the  Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art. Currently there is a show at the Dovetai...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Cleanup Time: Notes & Quotes from Miscellaneous Scraps of Paper

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I have a half dozen half-completed blog posts on various themes from the Founding of America to the Madness of Crowds, the Genomic Revolutio...