James Eads and the Great Ship Railway
Captain James Eads–self-educated engineer–designed the Mississippi River Bridge at St. Louis, which is still in use, and the Great Ship Railway which was never built.
Volcanos Have Babies!
Facts of volcano life–they do reproduce!
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In Arabian Nights: Tales from Morocco
Tahir Shah explores Casablanca and the hinterlands of Morocco, seeking not only stories and storytellers, but a special salt for use at a friend’s wedding. The salt of the book is the variety of stories and storytellers, all of them vignettes within the story of Moroccan culture told by a master storyteller.
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Working on a Book Cover
Progress! Time to design a book cover! That’s a job for a professional editor, and she has suggested two designs. We’re closing in on a steamship photo, one that doesn’t cost more than I’ll ever make on the book! One can purchase photos of the necessary clarity and size with the right to use on a blog, or in a book–but when you need one for a book cover, the price triples–or more. But we’re on the way to publication…
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Here, There, Elsewhere: Kansas
William Heat-Moon’s book, “Here, There, Elsewhere” is one delight after another of places unknown and some familiar.
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Yellow Fever, Politics, and Climate Change
The history of yellow fever in Cuba and Panama is remarkably parallel to the climate change debate of today
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Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet
I first “met” Chief Crowfoot when we took three grandchildren camping from Idaho into Montana and Canada.
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Our Poppy Day
Southern California in bloom!
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Seven Special Steamship Websites
Photographs and histories of steamships mentioned in family letters have been a major area of research. These are some of the pertinent (or just fascinating) websites I’ve found,
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The Dallas Arboretum
Arboretum in January? There is no off-season for the Dallas Arboretum!
