Category: Misc.
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No Kings
Signs of the Time in R.I. and everywhere. In Westerly, Rhode Island. March 28, 2026.
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A Necessary Idea
A friend of mine had an interesting idea about what to do for the White House after Trump the Squatter is finally evicted: Reconsecration. Normally, reconsecration means to make a church “holy again after it has been desecrated or otherwise rendered unfit for worship. The act of reconsecration typically involves prayers, rituals, and symbolic actions to…
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Passing Through Old Lyme Again
Looking at the Lieutenant River from behind the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme. Wondering why a line of mushroom anchors is sitting on the high tide line at OLS.
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End of an Era
I’ve got four nice National Geographic map cases full of city maps, foreign country maps, and those wonderful National Geo maps that used to come with periodic issues of the magazine. But no one looks at paper maps or nautical charts anymore. Everything is online or on someone’s phone, and GPS satellites are ready to guide the dimmest of…
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Who’s Online?
The Internet is a huge, complex digital garbage dump full of nonsense and noninformation. It seems specifically designed as a fantasyland for children, criminals, and crazy people. Case in point, recently, someone went to the trouble of creating a fraudulent Facebook page using the name and images of a well-known fiction writer, and then proceeded…