Our Past Today

Half Sick of Shadows

It’s what the librarian is reading.

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

A Book Review

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

When life gives you lemons.

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…

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.

Happy birthday, Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong 40 years later.