Read Your Way to Better Writing
It’s been said that Ernest Hemingway read more than he drank. If that’s true, one wonders how he found the time. I’m…
It’s been said that Ernest Hemingway read more than he drank. If that’s true, one wonders how he found the time. I’m…
Happy Mardi Gras! When I visited New Orleans last month, the city was gearing up for its signature celebration. Few places…
Westminster Hall & Burying Ground is a 19th-century site in Baltimore, Maryland. It maintains the graves of many prominent locals, including Edgar…
The wild daffodils are blooming in the back woods! April in Massachusetts is a time when life re-emerges, picks up pace, moves…
“The waterfront of Boston is our Beverly Hills; it’s where we learned about life,” former Mayor Ray Flynn told visitors aboard RMS…
Patrick Henry stood in front of Virginia’s capitol building and read aloud the Declaration of Independence, reminding the gathered crowd of the…
The face in the etching stares directly at the viewer. The light reflected on the subject’s full cheeks gives him an almost…
Henry VIII dispensed Solomonic judgement in cases involving the feuding feudal families the Hatfields and the McCoys. That’s the bizarre view of…
The sawyer fed a long board through the water-powered saw. All around the open-air mill blazed the glory of New England in…
White House Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emanuel’s mantra never to waste a crisis has grown a whole lot sicker. The Obama Administration is pressuring…
The polished wood gleams in the glow of flickering candles. It’s nighttime, and little moonlight breaks through the circular window panes in…