Operation Menu and Cambodia

When a president lies.

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else, by Michael Gates Gill

A Book Review

The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer by Gary Paulsen

When I think of Gary Paulsen, I think of books like Hatchet or Woodsong. Kind of a modern day, Jack London. Books about the wilderness, survival and being alone. The only thing that was missing, was a large dog named…

Five truths I learned about myself during my time of crisis.

When life gives you lemons.

Happy birthday, Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong 40 years later.

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Release date September 21, 2021

The Hottest Day On Record

Our Past Today — July 10, 2021

Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, California recorded the highest ever temperature at 134.1 F (56.7 C) on July 10, 1913. Making it eighteen degrees hotter than Death Valley’s average daily temperature for July.

Half Sick of Shadows

It’s what the librarian is reading.