While I was gone: Some images, and history, from my trip. (Part I)
Be thankful I'm not pulling out the old Kodak slide carousel.
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The “Immense Portent”: the Ensisheim Meteorite of 1492.
Blog hiatus: Gone to sea.
Behind the Scenes: China’s Long Revolution, 1900-1950.
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
Napoleon’s tragic retreat, pictured: Minard’s famous infographic.
The Verge
While I was gone: Some images, and history, from my trip. (Part I)
Be thankful I'm not pulling out the old Kodak slide carousel.
The “Immense Portent”: the Ensisheim Meteorite of 1492.
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle.
The Outer Garden
Blog hiatus: Gone to sea.
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters..."
LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
The mysterious “Othrys”: My encounter with an unsuccessful social media startup.
Remembering Dr. Jonathan Porter: The flame of historical inspiration.
Historic photo: Portland, Oregon, 1890.
“July is dressed up:” Mid-summer hiatus.
The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran.
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: China’s Long Revolution, 1900-1950.
How China went from an archaic imperial dynasty to the People's Republic is the subject of my latest deep-dive video.
Behind the Scenes: Brazil in the World Wars.
Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.
Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.”
Behind the Scenes: Mexico in World War II.
