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November 8, 2012 : HISTORY, IN THE MARGINS › "Dancing in the Dark" › Morris Dickstein's great cultural history of The Great Depression
October 31, 2012 / Halloween : WALKING—RUNNING—WITH THE SPIRITS OF CHICKAMAUGA › Re-visiting an outpost proper for the season
October 2, 2012 : WALLACE STEVENS & "THE MOONLIGHT FICTION" › A tribute to the great modernist poet -- in verse (of course)
July, 2012 : HISTORY, IN THE MARGINS › "Origins of the New South" (4 parts) › Woodward's classic study of the roots of the modern South
June 22, 2012 : SUMMER VACATION, TRANSCENDENT BY-CHANCE › (revisiting a 2011 Outpost) Camping in White Mtn Nat'l Forest
June 5, 2012 : MY (VERY) OLD FRIEND, SERJ › A Revolutionary War soldier, my Connecticut hometown & I
April 16, 2012 : ASHEVILLE, IN-DETAIL (Photo Slideshow) › The rich architectural details of downtown Asheville, North Carolina
March 21, 2012 : HISTORY, IN THE MARGINS › "A Passion for Nature" › Donald Worster's fantastic—conversational—bio of John Muir
March 13, 2012 : ATLANTA BELTLINE—ARRIVING SOON—HIKE (Photo Slideshow) › An urban hike recons the proposed northeast trail
March 6, 2012 : DEEP CUTS › explore / discover beyond the hits ... you never know what you'll find
January 24, 2012 : HISTORY, IN THE MARGINS › "Reveille in Washington" › Margaret Leech's classic history of Civil War D.C.
January 18, 2012 : UNDER THE BIG TENT › celebrating the oddity of internal contradictions and the diversity fueling it
January 4, 2012 : HISTORY, IN THE MARGINS › "The Debates on the Constitution" (3 Parts) › articles, correspondence, state conventions
December 7, 2011 : A PHOTOGRAPHIC FAMILY LINK TO 'INFAMY' › A treasured set of family prints depicting the day of 'infamy'
December 6, 2011 : PUBLIC ART, FOR THE PEOPLE › A sliver of one of the signal achievements in American documentary art
November 23, 2011 : THANKFUL FOR THE GREAT SMOKIES › Visual evidence of why we are thankful for this amazing place
November 4, 2011 : WALKING—AND RUNNING—WITH THE SPIRITS OF CHICKAMAUGA › 'Experiences' of the anxious-mortal-spirit brand
September 13, 2011 : THE BEST OF "180" › FINAL PART › Poet Billy Collins' challenge: a poem a day for 180 days ... I did it
September 9, 2011 : NOTES TO FUTURE SELF › Margin notes long ago from "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
September 2, 2011 : THE "LABOR DAY" HURRICANE › WPA MEMORIAL › A Category 5 monster, and a fading roadside pavilion
August 31, 2011 : "ULYSSES" & THE GOOD OL' BOOK-BANNING TRADTION › A possible act of civil disobedience to simply read it ... ?(!)
August 24, 2011 : THE BEST OF "180" › PART 4 › Poet Billy Collins' challenge: a poem a day for 180 days ... I did it
August 12, 2011 : "THE WAR IS OVER!" › A fantastic family photo that recently surfaced, V-J Day ending WWII
August 5, 2011 : AN OLYMPIC MATURITY › "15 years ago last night, we were celebrating the end the 1996 Summer Olympics ..."
July 27, 2011 : THE BEST OF "180" › PART 3 › Poet Billy Collins' challenge: a poem a day for 180 days ... I did it
July 22, 2011 : THE WILDS OF IN-TOWN (CIVIL WAR) ATLANTA › Civil War and late-Victorian landscape-architectural history meet
July 12, 2011 : HAPPY 194TH, HENRY D! › On Henry David Thoreau's 194th birthday, a quote to inspire
June 30, 2011 : THE BEST OF "180" › PART 2 › Poet Billy Collins' challenge: a poem a day for 180 days ... I did it
June 23, 2011 : SUMMER VACATION: "TRANSCENDENT BY-CHANCE" › "Summer vacation time, thinking over great trips past ..."
June 16, 2011 : THE BEST OF "180" › PART I › Poet Billy Collins' challenge: a poem a day for 180 days ... I did it
June 6, 2011 : REMEMBERING THE LONGEST DAY › No better place to remember the sacrifice than the WWII Memorial
May 31, 2011 : WE BID ADIEU TO MAY & SIDNEY BECHET › A trailblazing clarinetist (and wildman) & Floating Coat's tribute
May 13, 2011 : GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE: TRUTH TO NEW SOUTH POWER › "A brave forgotten tribune of journalistic credibility ..."
April 21, 2011 : LEONARD COHEN, MAN ON THE PLATFORM › "I did not know much about the man ..."
March 30, 2011 : FORM 'EVER' FOLLOWS FUNCTION … SOME LOVE FOR LOUIS SULLIVAN › The father of skyscrapers getting his due
March 23, 2011 : FIDDLIN' JOHN & THE PRESERVATION OF OLD-TIME MUSIC › "Carson is hailed as the first 'country music' star ..."
March 17, 2011 : SAINT PATRICK IN GLASS › A collection of links to stained glass images on this St. Patrick's Day ... Enjoy
February 27, 2011 : THE NATION'S CAPITAL IN-FRAME › Two images from a late-afternoon walk: February 23 / Washington, D.C.
February 10, 2011 : BRANCHES & ROOTS › A fable about mutual separation and peace, by Kerri Shawn McIntire
January 31, 2011 : DONALD WORSTER, JOHN MUIR & I › "I had the feeling I had never actually read a real bio before ..."
January 21, 2011 : (ALBINO) SQUIRREL APPRECIATION DAY › "We are unabashed squirrel-lovers here @ InHeritage ..."
January 13, 2011 : BRIDGES OVER TROUBLED WATERS › Presidential & personal thoughts in the wake of Tucson
December 23, 2010 : CARL SANDBURG'S "LINCOLN," HOT OFF THE PRESSES
December 21, 2010 : WHITE, RED AND BLACK
December 10, 2010 : THE TENTH OF DECEMBER
December 7, 2010 : CIVIL WAR FACES, PORTRAITS OF TRAGEDY
December 2, 2010 : PRINTED NEWSPAPERS ... NO FUTURE, BUT PLENTY OF PAST
November 26, 2010 : SOJOURNER TRUTH, QUITE "A WOMAN"
November 18, 2010 : "TRUE" BLUE MOON
November 13, 2010 : VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
October 28, 2010 : EMMA LAZARUS, THE VOICE OF LADY LIBERTY
October 21, 2010 : JEROME, ARIZONA ... IT'S BEEN TOO LONG
October 16, 2010 : JOHN BROWN'S BODY ... & SPIRIT
October 13, 2010 : COMMON GROUND, COMMON-PLACE
October 3, 2010 : A NAT'L DIGITAL LIBRARY ... WHY NOT NOW?
October 2, 2010 : GIMME SHELTER
September 28, 2010 : THE URGENT NEED TO REMEMBER LEWIS HINE
September 23, 2010 : CLOSE YOUR EYES, POINT TO MAP, GO! NH & VT
September 22, 2010 : JUPITER SWINGS BY FOR A VISIT
September 17, 2010 : THIS WEEKEND IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
September 15, 2010 : STRATTON H. BUCKHOUT'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
September 10, 2010 : REMEMBERING WTC TOWERS IN B&W
September 7, 2010 : THE LONG 'ARC' OF JUSTICE
September 3, 2010 : SAVE THE DATE!
September 2, 2010 : WE SURRENDER! (146 YEARS AGO)
August 31, 2010 : EAT LESS ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY
August 23, 2010 : IT'S HOT, WE'RE THINKING TICONDEROGA
August 10, 2010 : DIGITAL PRESERVATION: 1848 DAGUERREOTYPE OF CINCI
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