What Do I Know?

Yesterday I took a walk down to the harbor here on Bainbridge Island.    And on my way back I did a double take when I saw this fairly matur...

 March 4, 2020, we returned from a long trip with our daughter and granddaughter and assorted family members.  We'd also been to San Fra...

Mavis Nducha founded Kalahari Honey.  She died recently.  You can read more about her here. [Note:  the link goes to a site of a relative.] ...

Some things I've run into recently that may be of interest.   1.   How To Hide Your House On Google (and other online) maps - street vie...

Let's start off with some good news.  If you're only going to link to one of these articles, I recommend this one.   There are bette...

Aminatta Forna's novel starts with a Wolfer killing the last pair of wolves in Greenhampton, Massachusetts  in 1834.  One of the key cha...

 These aren't my thoughts.  A friend who lives in Asia sent it to me and it's the kind of thing I love because it turns everything a...

The LA Times has a story today: "Singer Zikode said she is thrilled to see so many people around the world dancing to the song. “When ...

Samrowit and Dwit have opened an Ethiopian restaurant on Dawson, between Northern Lights and Benson.  It's where the Somali restauran...

When the US and other countries boycotted South Africa in the 1980's it led to the end of apartheid and the release of political prison...

Enough has been said about whether statues are erected as history lessons or to honor people who protected collective values.  I don't t...

I'm reading Trevor Noah's Born A Crime .  Lots to chew on with every page.  It starts with a copy of the Immorality Act, 1927 which...

While in Seattle this last time, I got the pleasure of browsing the shelves at the Elliot Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill.  Here are some b...

The Musée Cluny was recommended by a friend, but the idea of rooms and rooms of stuff from the middle ages just wasn't that appealing.  ...