

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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