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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Sci-fi book cover: "Star Ways"
(aka Kilts in Space?)

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Title: Star Ways Cover blurb: "Enjoyable from first to last. Fast-moving and convincing." — Astounding Science-Fiction Author...
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Monday, March 2, 2020

Schoolchildren and the new coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian-American journalist and commentator for the BBC, MSNBC, The New York Times and other outlets, tweeted out the ...
Sunday, March 1, 2020

Deploying playing cards to troops to raise cultural awareness

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I intended to write this post about six weeks ago, but life comes at you fast. Especially here in 2020 . I've written about playing c...
Saturday, February 29, 2020

Vintage postcard: Mother and bear cubs in Montana

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Here's the last of a short series of postcards featuring old bear-themed postcards. (To see the rest, go here .) At this point, I'm...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Roundup of some Winter 2020 Postcrossing connections

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Up first, here are a handful of the wonderful Postcrossing postcards from across the globe I've received in my mailbox this winter... ...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

Scholastic book cover: "The Ghost Rock Mystery"

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Title: The Ghost Rock Mystery Author: Mary C. Jane (1909-1991) About the author: I included her biographical information in this 2014 ...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Keys to surviving nuclear war: Caves, laxatives and tobacco

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When I wrote about the Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices two years ago , discussing an, ahem, interesting "spag...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Why didn't MegaForce
win all of the Oscars?

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This advertisement for MegaForce appears on the back cover of the September 1982 issue of the comic book "Marvel Two-in-One." 1 ...