When I logged onto Facebook last Saturday the 21st, a five year old memory popped up, the recap of the first two days of travel of my Italian adventure with Dad. Viewing the pictures ofContinue reading
Month: March 2020
Ottawa Marathon Week 2 – Still in Limbo
Not much has changed since I started training last week. Although, the marathon organizers did send out an email to reassure us that they plan to keep us informed as they monitor the situation. TheyContinue reading
The Problems with Comparisons
Since COVID-19 became the topic on social media, people have thrown around comparisons to all sorts of situations, most of those comparisons, invalid. As an avid user of comparative historiography, its misuse pains me. ComparisonsContinue reading
Change of Plans
Like millions of people the world over, this has happened in my life in a myriad of ways, most trivially here on the blog. Instead of continuing my travelogues series, of which I had justContinue reading
Ottawa Marathon Training Week 1 – Starting in Uncertainty
I have taken a break from writing weekly recaps for quite some time, prior to starting this iteration of my blog. I think I had reached a stale point where the writing no longer challengedContinue reading
COVID-19 – Change, Uncertainty, and Dealing with the Extremes
For several weeks, most of second quarter, I started my social studies classes by showing CNN 10, a ten minute current events news show packaged in a format geared for middle and high school students.Continue reading
Travelogues – Grand European Adventure Day 21 – Córdoba at Last
Years ago I fell in love with Córdoba Cathedral. My 9th grade world history book had a small picture of the cathedral by the section discussing the Moorish influence on the Iberian peninsula and theContinue reading
Atlanta Marathon 2020 – Race Recap
Race #182Marathon #122020 Race #22020 Marathon #1Georgia Marathon #2State #7 (repeat state)Atlanta Marathon #1 What an amazing weekend! I will save the travelogue recap of Saturday with the race expo and the Olympic Marathon TrialsContinue reading