To You, 229 years ago

I bought your copy of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner from a second hand bookseller in New York. Only your first initial, “I”, is on the first page. I…

Lagos – Lost & Found – Ananda Only

| 3 MIN READ | Strangers & Hope I was here 11 years ago. Nothing much has changed since then, except the replacement of every last atom in my body.…

Three dozen baseballs | musingsofanoldfart

Picture a tired father coming home from work. But, instead of sitting down before dinner, he changes clothes, grabs his baseball glove and a paint bucket of eighteen baseballs. He…

WordPress.com Changelog: Try the WordPress 7.0 Beta and a One-Click Solution for Plugin Errors

April 12–23, 2026 Welcome back to the WordPress.com changelog!  Over the past two weeks, we opened up the WordPress 7.0 beta for Business and Commerce sites, made it easier for…

How I said hello and goodbye to my friend Stephen – Daniel’s Derekh

Stephen Bray and granddaughter Naomi A close friend of mine, Stephen Bray, passed away almost a year ago.  His wife, Diane, invited Jean and I and a number of Steve’s…

Tell my story- the silence of the good people…. – Keep it alive

Gaza under attack Sally’s prompt: Inspired by a poet I invite you to spend some time with the poets who stay with you—the ones who shape how we read, write,…

Spry Fox Has Been Making Games for 15 Years. Their Blog Still Matters.

David Edery co-founded Spry Fox in 2010 with a simple goal: creating games that make people happy. What followed was 15 years of quirky, original titles like Cozy Grove, a…

Economist Christopher Phelan Nominated by Trump for CEA Chair

Economist Christopher Phelan has been nominated by President Trump to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers, as part of efforts to strengthen his economic team amidst calls for lower…

Survival Isn’t Earth’s Problem. It’s Ours. – Chetnaz Page

A friend once told me, during a heated debate on climate change when I was passionately arguing that we are destroying the Earth, “The Earth is not at risk. It…

Book Chat: The Joy of Signed Books – booksandbakes1

Hey Everyone! When I picked my next book to read this morning, I noticed I had a signed copy, which I love. This got me thinking back to my experiences…