Six months ago I was flying out of Alaska. By pure happenstance my flight was on the summer solstice, and I have vivid memories of waiting to board my redeye at a little past midnight. The Ted Stevens Airport was fully lit by the sun, which then was only just starting to head toward the …
Growing up, the Rajneeshees seemed almost like legend. Until recently they weren’t widely known, despite the fact that when the cult poisoned ten restaurants in 1984, it resulted in over 750 people getting sick and 45 getting hospitalized. And though the fact that Oregon’s high desert was the site of America’s largest biological weapons attack …
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“Wild Wild Country” is a pretty darn good documentary. It’s on Netflix, and you might have heard reviewers, bloggers, or fellow teachers at your school recommend it. Leah and I finished it recently, and it is very much worth the time—six, one-hour episodes, which honestly you’ll probably just binge in a day; it’s that engaging. …
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Besides going to a Shakespeare insult party last weekend, Leah and I also went to Reynolda House in nearby Winston-Salem. The house falls along the same line as Hearst Castle in California, Casa Loma in Toronto, The Breakers in Rhode Island, or Biltmore Estate, also here in North Carolina. So Reynolda is a VERY large …
The Winchester Mystery House has been getting a lot of press. You might have seen trailers for the movie, which just came out (to less-than-stellar reviews). But did you know that North Carolina has its own, albeit smaller, version of a crazy house? Körner’s Folly is in Kernersville, NC. It consists of seven floors spread …
Leah and I are the first people to live in our apartment, building constructed circa 1898. Where we now eat, read, and pretend we have a dog was at its height America’s largest flannel mill. I love the character of the place; there are ceiling fans on tracks, which used to zip around and blow …
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