“Purchase of Manhattan Island 1626 — colored engraving, 19th Century” . Costello plan of New Amsterdam in 1626 — officially entitled “Afbeeldinge van de Stadt Amsterdam in Nieuw Neederlandt” (The key to the Castello plan lists every single house and the 1500 inhabitants that formed the first community in the Dutch colony). “New York before … Continue reading
. So I went to the International Antiquarian Book Fair in New York, a huge affair occupying the entire 38,575 sqft exhibition space of the Park Avenue Armory on a single-day ticket for $32. I spent 2½ hours there until my eyes glazed over. I was carrying three catalogs in my hand for lack of … Continue reading
Odysseus | Myth, Significance, Trojan War, & Odyssey | Britannica “NASA science is set to land on the Moon aboard Odysseus, Intuitive Machines’ uncrewed autonomous lander. Touchdown is now targeted for 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 UTC) Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The NASA payloads aboard the lander aim to help us learn more about terrain … Continue reading
A republic that allows the basis of its own existence to be eliminated has clearly the wrong laws. Seriously! If someone like Trump — suspect from the outset of attempting to eliminate the rules of democracy and the very Constitution he is sworn to uphold, and having been caught in one attempt … Continue reading
. In the unfinished attic of my parents’ house — unfinished because the most important thing after the incendiary bomb had struck 80 years ago, on February 4, 1944, was to put a roof back on — I found boxes with unpacked things, an old stroller, Mickey Mouse cartoons, illustrated children’s books and magazines from the … Continue reading
from THE FREE PRESS, Dec 4, 2023 . It’s been all over the local news: Fergie Chambers, self-styled left-wing revolutionary and heir of a billionaire, is using his $250M family payout to establish a commune in Alford, in the town of Great Barrington. He has bought land some place on East Road, and set up … Continue reading
. The other day, in Manhattan, I noticed a remarkable proliferation of a statement welded onto gigantic steel plates used to cover holes on the street, the ones that go perplank! when a car runs over it. Here are only a few examples of it. The statement is a simple word, TRIUMPH. Nowadays, our tired … Continue reading
. I didn’t want to make a lot of fuss about it, but earlier this year I found two iron butterflies. The first one in particular is recognizable by its shape, and by the rebar that is popping out of the concrete, reminiscent of the strange dragon-like patterns on the original album of our friends … Continue reading
. Walking up and down on Rowe Road the other day, on a cold day — but Rowe Road is always sheltered from wind — I saw patterns everywhere, and this is the photo journal from that day. . . .
“North America prior to illegal immigration” – a map I found on Mastodon “Australia prior to illegal immigration” – Connection And Wellbeing Australia (CAWA PTY LTD) 2016 Three recent news items attracted my attention: The first one was a map of North America with its native peoples in 1491, “prior to illegal immigration” — … Continue reading
