All Hail the 50,000! That’s a very rough estimate of American colonial soldiers who were killed, died from disease, or died as prisoners of war, in the struggle to gain independence from Britain, a war that that stretched from Massachusetts to the Carolinas and lasted for five years. It’s a…

Driving through town today, all the yards were in full bloom and everybody looks like they are in ‘spruce it all up in time for Memorial Day’ mode. Which reminded me of an old blog I once wrote about the fact that there are trees out there with YOUR name…

250 years ago today, the tea started to hit the fan. It’s a moment that had been steeping for a decade. Ever since the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 – a struggle that was part of the larger 7 Years War, that spilled out around the…

No, No, NO, NO, NO!! (Or as they say in Spanish, ¡NO!) It’s Friday, the end of the week, so maybe you’re thinking you can let yourself go a little bit, and you can drive through a Taco Bell at lunchtime for a Crunch Wrap Supreme. And tonight is Friday…