I was in a writing group for several years with Ron Andrea, author of The Reluctant Revolutionary, a coming-of-age story set in the American Revolution.…
On this 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, it seems only right to post about leaves of grass. Not Leaves of Grass, but actual grass,…
It’s a sad day for March 25. Today is the 260th anniversary of today losing status as New Year’s Day. Beginning in 1752, New Year’s…
Chesterfield Courthouse in Virginia has done a fabulous job in making images of their records available. The records are copies of documents, such as deeds…
The stories of a bunch of cranky, power-hungry, opinionated, brilliant, and idealistic men…. Some favorites (links go to Indiebound.org) Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by…