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…
