Random Past Posts
Mardis Gras Bands 2012 As I mention in my main Mardis Gras post, some of the best parts of Mardis Gras parades are the New Orleans area high school bands. The best ones are often from the mostly-black high schools. I started trying More...
Cuba (Part 7) Education and “Patriotism” No. 7 in a series that started here. Basic education in Cuba is pretty good (at least by developing-world standards). The school buildings aren’t great, but since labor is cheap and other opportunities are limited, there are plenty of teachers. More...
Cowboy James in Moab I had a little bit of landscape fatigue after four days at the Moab workshop, so for about 20 minutes I wandered over to the "ranch" next to the lodge where we were staying. I met James, who had More...
Old Friends and Cigar-Store Indians Last week I spent five days in Nashville, visiting my “old” friend Greg Cook. “Old friends” here means Cub Scouts in 1973, “band camp” in 1982, college roomates ‘til 1986, and pretty much everything in between (including, e.g., at More...
