Local author and noted outdoorsman Patrick F. McManus (R.I.P.) wrote a humorous essay about the phenomenon he describes as a sequence. ...[O]n the farm, you simply don't go out and do a piece of work.

Today is Memorial Day in the United States. This holiday is supposedly a somber occasion where the graves of war dead are decorated and their sacrifices are appreciated. Instead, it seems to be mainly

I play a collectible card game—nay, the original collectible card game1—Magic: The Gathering. Some of its cards call for a player to create a token, a game piece which is not itself one of the cards from

Yesterday, many states held primary elections where candidates within political parties competed for whose name would appear on the ballot this coming November. One of the states holding such elections

I've been reading articles and watching documentaries about archaeology, and when I was a librarian, I also looked into creating a time capsule. This all sparked the question behind today's post: what

It seemed like everything went awry. Improvise, adapt, and overcome!

My political ideas are well outside the mainstream of typical American Democrat and Republican platforms. However, in the interest of compromise, I would like to present an idea which will be unsatisfactory

I am older than Facebook. I remember when Netflix mailed DVDs. I am older than Google, which once promised not to be evil. I am older than the World Wide Web itself. I remember the DOS prompt, and A and

It's been longer than I thought since my last installment in this series. This new channel recommendation is similar to the last, but instead of centering on the northeastern US, Sidetrack Adventures largely

Taxation Is Robbery Mises Wire • Frank Chodorov • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines taxation as “that part of the revenues of a state which is obtained by the compulsory dues and charges

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post showcasing two ways to make necklaces. However, I had a few other photos with another type which I omitted at the time for being too simple. After some thought, I decided

It's been almost two weeks since my last post again. I just haven't felt inspired to write anything. I'm still alive, and the stress which inspired that post has abated somewhat. However, I just realized

I know I've been somewhat absent for over a week. Sorry. Happy Hive Power Up Day, Happy April Fools, etc. I don't like writing about deeply personal issues. Even though this is at least a pseudo-anonymous

This is a late follow-up to my posts about making a shamrock necklace for my sister's birthday and making a mushroom bracelet to use up some odds and ends from my supplies. I realized only after I posted

Here we are, three weeks into an undeclared, pointless war, and the story just keeps getting stranger. I've been avoiding the topic for the sake of my sanity, but I did want to comment on a couple

In my last post, I wrote about making a shamrock necklace for my sister because inspiration struck. Truth be told, that one project started an evening of crafting. I decided to use up some more of my leftover

My youngest sister was born in mid-March, so she likes having a St. Patrick's Day theme for her birthday. It's been a while since I last wrote about it, but I do still make jewelry from time to time. Since

This video is not the theme song for this weather. The last couple days have been weird. Yesterday, temperatures rose a bit above freezing, and big white snowflakes drifted down in a gentle breeze. There

Sixteen months ago, Donald J. Trump was re-elected to a non-consecutive second term. This is only the second time in the nearly 240 years since the US Constitution was ratified in 1787 that such a re-election