Alexander at the “End of the World”
(Image HarperCollins) My interview with Rachel Kousser on this historical figure shrouded in myth. https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-interview-with-rachel-kousser
Housatonic: The Often Forgotten War Casualty
Photo courtesy of South Carolina Maritime Research Division One-hundred and sixty years after its sinking, researchers are still studying the wreckage of Housatonic, the first warship sunk in combat by a manned submarine. https://news.usni.org/2024/08/23/160-years-after-the-first-ship-was-sunk-by-a-sub-researchers-are-still-looking-for-answers
America, The Long Wait is Over
The hibiscus that wintered in the manse's basement blossomed the last Friday/Saturday in August 2024. The horizontal image is offered to show a blossom hidden in the vertical. You may be about your business. Blossoms courtesy of Lillian's anti-larvae defense.…
Gastro Tourism & Hog Butcher of the World
Al's No. 1 on W. Taylor St., Chicago First, they came for the pizza, then the hot dogs, and now the Italian beef. Cooking sections in the June 26 print editions of the Washington Post and New York Times. https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2024/06/25/italian-beef-sandwich-the-bear/
Back Across the Border Safely == And in Buffalo’s Airport, Hungry!
We have successfully cleared United States customs by declaring two Christmas tree ornaments, $40 Canadian. With time to kill, the rental car with Massachusetts tags returned safely to Budget, and having overcome TSA, we head for our gate. Lillian in…