By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favo…
It just wouldn’t feel like Thanksgiving if I didn’t laugh at this again.”As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”Happy Thanksgiving!
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Chesapeake Requiem is a portrait of the insular community that has lived on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay for 200+ years. If you live in the eastern third of the US and have ever enjoyed a soft-shell crab you can thank the Watermen of Tangier for that crab.
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Colson Whitehead’s previous book, 2016’s Underground Railroad, won a Pulitzer. The Nickel Boys might be a better book. The story follows Elwood, an African-American teenager in early 60s Tallahassee FL that dreams of going to college and living a life Dr. Martin Luther King would be proud of. That plan …
Over the weekend, I joined a couple of friends as we traveled across the Potomac River to shoot the monthly IDPA match at Sanner’s Lake in Lexington Park, MD. Leaving before dawn, and feeling the cold morning temperature, left me questioning my choices…
With a forecast of 59 F and blue skies on Saturday there was no way I was sitting around the house all day. It was a crisp 35 F when I started on the trail at 10:15 AM.
Overlook to the east about a mile into the hike. There …
I finished up the 1619 podcast yesterday, which is a companion to the 1619 feature from the NYT. I can’t recommend this podcast series enough. It’s only 5 podcasts, about 30 minutes each. A couple of things I learned, or in some cases maybe had reinforced.
At it’s peak, slaves …
