Terrorism in Charleston
When I heard of the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17, I realized that I had read about …
Hudson River Museums and Mansions
Though I had seen the Hudson River from Manhattan, I had never explored upriver until last month. After visiting Mass MoCA and …
Texas’ French Connection
In 1686 the last ship of a doomed French colonization effort in Texas ran aground and sank in Matagorda Bay. There it …
Kahlo, Rivera, Kingsolver
The current exhibit of artworks by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera at Nova Southeastern University Museum in Fort Lauderdale reminded me of …
Rights for Blacks and Women
Re-reading Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Invention of Wings, yielded new insights that I missed last year, when my Florida group discussed it and I posted …
How Did We Get Here, II
At last, I have found the BIG PICTURE I have been looking for since my history studies at Rice–a book that tells …
Thomas Jefferson
How could I not like a guy who kept pet mockingbirds because he cherished their music? My Florida book group discussed Jon …
How Did We Get Here?
Over the last few months I took a fascinating on-line course from Coursera, “Origins – Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth …
Florida Excursions
Though Key West and St. Augustine are 467 miles apart, I got to visit both within the span of a week. On …
Honoring Robert Burns
A weekend of activities January 23-25 at Secession Golf Club (of which Steve is President) in Beaufort SC honored the 256th birthday …