Oberon and Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart are/were a couple of top tier hippies, who have spent years of their lives doing hippie things. Here are a few quick highlights before we get to the big stu...

Five extra books/articles/links/etc. from February 2025: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I don’t know that I’ve read another book that managed to capture the sublime so well. Longevity no...

Five extra books/articles/links/etc. that piqued my interest in January 2025 (excepting what I’ve written about elsewhere): The Women’s Petition Against Coffee was a 1674 pamphlet about exactly...

Kennedy was considered the victor by those who watched on TV, while Nixon was thought to be the winner by radio listeners, driving home the importance of visual media in shaping our...

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson is an example of my favorite sort of history book — an overview of many different topics, not in-depth on...

I didn’t initially intend to read this book, but I kept hearing about it and eventually succumbed to the marketing because I am a sheeple. Overall, it was… …Interesting, and a breeze ...

Overall, it was… …Fine. I wish that instead of The World of Sugar it was titled The Labor History of Sugar or similar, which would be more apt but sounded less exciting. I may not have...

      O quam te memorem virgo … Stand on the highest pavement of the stair— Lean on a garden urn— Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair— Clasp your flowers to you with a pained surprise— Fling th...