

Destruction of Knowledge Centers, and Our Recover/ies
ALEXANDRIA BAGHDAD PHILADELPHIA BERLIN VANCOUVER CANTERBURY "Knowledge centers" are locations that concentrate human wisdom,...
Dec 31, 20246 min read
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Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women
My book on Connecticut's first-ever select academy for Black Women, the Canterbury Academy run by Prudence Crandall, is (finally)...
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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Craning and Crowing: Part V of our Winter Trip to Japan
The reason people go to Kyushu for winter birding is a place called Izumi, where numerous species of Cranes feast on open fields of...
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Kyushu Gulling and Sailing: Part IV of our Winter Trip to Japan, January 2024
Kyushu had never really been in my consciousness - not as a birder, not as a modest student of Japanese culture, not as a traveler. Prior...
Feb 14, 20243 min read
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Elevation Sensation on Honshu - Part III of our winter trip to Japan 2024
After the sublime viewing of the Japanese Night-Heron, we drove to our next destination, in the "Japanese Alps" - a higher elevation area...
Feb 12, 20244 min read
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The Awesome Power of a Humble Bird: Honshu Days 1 & 2 - Part II of our winter trip to Japan 2024
I had decided to take this trip with stated desires (see Part I) for two massive birds - the Blakiston's Fish Owl and the Steller's...
Feb 9, 20244 min read
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Three Islands, Six Cranes, and lots of Conbinis! Part I of our Winter 2024 trip to Japan.
Peggy and I were trying to find the perfect foreign trip for early 2024, but kept on being thwarted. One trip we wanted to take was full;...
Feb 7, 20245 min read
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