From a 1638 manuscript by the Bishop of Hereford positing a goose-powered contraption for human flight,
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I promised in early June that once I found the lyrics to the new verse of “Danny Boy” [Read more]
The finished piece looks so right and polished that it gives the impression that the work to bring it about was somehow effortless. [Read more]
Wait, it wasn’t even typed! [Read more]
In anticipation of American Independence Day, I have for you some fireworks FYI and some flashback fun. [Read more]
I hope Shakespeare will forgive the fact that the first time I watched this, the words floated by, getting some of my attention, but the illustrations had me absolutely hooked [Read more]
But when ye come and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I well may be, [Read more]
…rather than a trifle filled with cake and candy bars doing laps in layers of pudding and cream. [Read more]
We probably wouldn’t use the phrase, “to have a striving” these days, but we all know what she means. [Read more]
Americans have been talking about freedom of speech for centuries now, and the issues surrounding it seem to be getting more and not less complicated. [Read more]
