The second comers: the Moon mission of Apollo 12.
The second crew to land on the Moon did as good a job as the first, but they aren't nearly as famous.
Sean Munger
While I was gone: Some images, and history, from my trip. (Part I)
Be thankful I'm not pulling out the old Kodak slide carousel.
The “Immense Portent”: the Ensisheim Meteorite of 1492.
Even a giant rock that fell from the sky could be politicized in 15th century Europe.
Blog hiatus: Gone to sea.
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters..."
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.
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.
A brief update on where this blog is going and what's happening in my life.