Mr. Fielding meets his dream house
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If Mr. Blandings had “soft technology” like passive solar, would his struggles mean anything to us today? Continue reading Mr. Fielding meets his dream house
Week in Review: Week 48
Reading Time: 2 minutes Helping a friend launch her book on KDP taught her more about book publishing and me more about art. A win-win! Continue reading Week in Review: Week 48
Week in Review: Week 47
Reading Time: 3 minutes Modern Thanksgivings are comic tragedies of tension, travel, parades, and commercialism. We put up with all this to focus on food and family. Where is faith? Continue reading Week in Review: Week 47
Time to move on …
Reading Time: 2 minutes What I didn’t realize at the time was that creative “work” and “a job” aren’t mutually exclusive. You can have your cake and eat it too, only in smaller portions. Continue reading Time to move on …
The Mayflower Compact
Reading Time: 2 minutes The history of the Plymouth Colony is dramatic and often controversial, but that one act planted the seed of self-governance, freedom, and independence that we enjoy today. Continue reading The Mayflower Compact
Week in Review: Week 46
Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of my research into the back story of the creation of Bubble Wrap, I needed to connect the dots of how the two inventors met. I had a good timeline with documentation for Marc Chavannes, but not enough on my own father, Alfred Fielding. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 46
Week in Review: Week 45
Reading Time: 2 minutes Digging into history and political philosophy, it’s good to be on the side of people like George Washington. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 45
George Washington tried to warn us
Reading Time: 4 minutes Political parties still make decisions based on ill-fated jealousies and false alarms. Both accuse opponents of collusion with foreign conspirators. Continue reading George Washington tried to warn us
Election Day (or days)
Reading Time: 2 minutes There is no right way or wrong way to vote. Voters must make their best possible choices based on what they know at a single point in time. Continue reading Election Day (or days)
Week in Review: Week 44
Reading Time: 2 minutes Research for my book and on the history of Bubble Wrap continues. Could inventor Marc Chavannes have had something the Nazis wanted? Continue reading Week in Review: Week 44