September 15, 2026
Tuesday
September 14, 2026
Monday
Napoleon's Smoky Housewarming
A conqueror marches in expecting to dictate peace terms from a captured capital, only to find his prize already going up in flames. Today's page lingers on that moment: the instant a hard-won victory quietly turns into the opening act of a much longer disaster.
The Past Week
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Monday, September 7, 2026
Legally Protected, Biologically Extinct
Legal protection arrived two months before it stopped mattering, granted to a species already down to its final known member. Ninety years ago, that lone survivor lived out its last days in the same enclosure that had made it visible to the world, and no confirmed sighting of the species has followed since. It's a quiet case study in how recognition can arrive just after the moment it could still help.
Sunday, September 6, 2026
406 Years, Zero Photographs
An artist's imagined view of a vessel that made history without leaving behind a single portrait of her own. Working decades after the fact, he pieced together what she might have looked like riding at anchor the night before an uncertain, months-long crossing. It's a reminder that some of the most consequential departures left nothing but memory to go on.
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Beating Labor Day to the Punch
Before it was a long weekend, this holiday began as a defiant march down a city avenue, banners overhead insisting on who actually creates wealth. A look back at that first procession, timed just a couple of days ahead of this year's observance.
Friday, September 4, 2026
The Eagle Has Un-Landed
A national symbol once pushed to the brink glides back over the wetlands that helped bring it back. A fitting image for a holiday built around exactly this kind of turnaround.
Featured
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Winnie Mae at Programmable Speed
Mild weather relief, a programmable photonic chip that could reshape data centers, and skepticism over where Trump's tariff revenue is really headed.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Conclave Wedding Ring
A Conclave is coming, and I found my wedding ring after years of what I thought had been diligent searching.
Sunday, June 9, 2024
Last Minute Kirkja
We had no plans today, until we decided late in the morning to head to the zoo to see the baby elephant, Kirkja.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Spitfire III, the Second
I bought a 1968 Triumph Spitfire tonight...online. She's currently in Wisconsin...and now I need to coordinate getting her to Ohio. A new adventure is underway!
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Running from the sunrise and chasing the sunset
Jonathan and I drove home, from Cambridge to Perrysburg, while Renee and Jake flew from Boston to Detroit.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Graduation Day is Finally Here
Jonathan's Harvard graduation day. Amazing.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Old San Juan is the one
Renee and I spent the day in San Juan, Puerto Rico today, mostly in Old San Juan. We saw a lot, and learned a lot in this beautiful part of San Juan.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Garage Band
Our garage was suddenly front and center today, as Jonathan set up and tested his new guitar amp and Tesla service came to swap out the main computer on my car.