Blog hiatus: Gone to sea.
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters..."
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Behind the Scenes: China’s Long Revolution, 1900-1950.
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
Napoleon’s tragic retreat, pictured: Minard’s famous infographic.
LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
The Verge
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This room has may layers of connections, including to my favorite author, Jorge Luis Borges.
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle.
Corruption or mercy? The Ford Watergate pardon.
Interiors: First-class lounge of a Convair 880 aircraft, 1958.
The Outer Garden
Blog hiatus: Gone to sea.
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters..."
LinkedIn, the bleakest social network: An anatomy of its failure.
The mysterious “Othrys”: My encounter with an unsuccessful social media startup.
Remembering Dr. Jonathan Porter: The flame of historical inspiration.
Historic photo: Portland, Oregon, 1890.
“July is dressed up:” Mid-summer hiatus.
The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran.
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: China’s Long Revolution, 1900-1950.
How China went from an archaic imperial dynasty to the People's Republic is the subject of my latest deep-dive video.
Behind the Scenes: Brazil in the World Wars.
Searching for a story: A look at my chaotic writing process.
Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.”
Behind the Scenes: Mexico in World War II.
