A Friend in Need
At least before Martha goes looking around! Painting: George Washington on his Death Bed by Junius Stearns, c1853. (A re-queue from 2017.)
Art
Let Me Say It Again
A French author, Gide (1869-1951) won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Folly
Happy New Year. This thought doesn’t just “still” apply today, it’s a more and more vital thought as time goes by.
Quantity or Quality?
What I’ve been doing since 1994. Josh Spector writes on the subject of creativity, and publishes the For the Interested newsletter.
Renaissance Man
Leonardo (1452-1519) was the very definition of a Renaissance man.
Roman Numerals II
2 of 2 — or you probably would prefer I say II of II.
Roman Numerals
1 of 2 — or should I say I of II?
49 Years Ago Today
Yeah, you saw everyone posting about the 49th anniversary of the first moon walk. Here’s something different.
Accomplished
Labor Day honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, laws and well-being of the country.
“The Spam Problem”
Sent by a reader* with the title shown as the subject line. I did track down the origin: it’s an entry in a Trump “Photoshop Battle” on Reddit.