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David Sobotta

Three Channels Were Plenty

I was six or seven years old when televisions made it to our neighborhood in Lewisville, NC. It was too late for the television to own my…

Dec 28, 2024

Three Channels Were Plenty

Dec 28, 2024

Pamphlets for the 21st Century

There is little doubt among historians that pamphlets like Thomas Paine’s Common Sense had a great influence on the original thirteen…

Dec 12, 2024

Pamphlets for the 21st Century

Dec 12, 2024

The Moose Camp on the Barrens Adventure

Back in the fall of 1973, at the age of 24, I was in my second year living in an old farmhouse in St. Croix Cove, Nova Scotia along the Bay…

Nov 30, 2024

Aerial view of a Moose camp and dock on the shores of a small Newfoundland lake.

Nov 30, 2024

Deciphering words from the mountain

Writers like to perch somewhere and bless the world with their thoughts on whatever they imagine might be interesting. Rarely does does…

Nov 17, 2024

Deciphering words from the mountain

Nov 17, 2024

Survival Beans and Ketchup Chips

We had Anasazi beans and cornbread for dinner. Anasazi beans are an ancient bean that we often substitute for the more traditional Pinto…

Nov 15, 2024

Survival Beans and Ketchup Chips

Nov 15, 2024

Journalists, an endangered species

Between 2008 and 2020 according to Pew Research Center, newsrooms across the United States have lost 30,000 employees or about 26% of their…

Nov 9, 2024

Journalists, an endangered species

Nov 9, 2024

The Red Drum

All sorts of creatures find the oyster rocks useful. I have seen oyster catchers nesting on them. Crabs shrimp and lots of small fish use…

Nov 6, 2024

The Red Drum

Nov 6, 2024

The Fire Hose of Misinformation

Trying to stay informed in 2024, is exhausting because there is so much misinformation out there mixed in with the information that you…

Nov 3, 2024

The Fire Hose of Misinformation

Nov 3, 2024

True Leadership

This is truly a strange situation we find ourselves watching unfold in the United States. Half of the people worship someone whose…

Oct 27, 2024

True Leadership

Oct 27, 2024

The Throne in the Garage

This is not about politics or government.

Oct 13, 2024

The Throne in the Garage

Oct 13, 2024

David Sobotta

David Sobotta

Lover of family, cats, dogs, history, great technology, honest people, wilderness, fishing, hiking, photography, and Atlantic Canada

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