Month: June 2013
Guest post by Donald R. Prothero The year 2012 and now early 2013 have been an unending litany of bad climate news. After a record-breaking year of heat and drought in North America, followed up by devastating Superstorm Sandy, and record heat and fires in Australia, the year 2012 ended up being the ninth hottest…
This past weekend, Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies held their annual Amish Conference, which drew a crowd of both Amish enthusiasts and members of the Plain community. This year’s conference focused on the challenges and effects of current technology on the Amish. Speakers at the conference included the authors of The Amish, which ForeWord recently…
This past weekend, Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies held their annual Amish Conference, which drew a crowd of both Amish enthusiasts and members of the Plain community. This year’s conference focused on the challenges and effects of current technology on the Amish. Speakers at the conference included the authors of The Amish, which ForeWord recently…
Tropical Storm Andrea’s pouring rain here in Baltimore and throughout much of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast today, but we know the summer reading and movie-going season is just about upon us. Before you hit the theaters or crack into that stack of crime and noir novels, we suggest you take some time to consider the…
Tropical Storm Andrea’s pouring rain here in Baltimore and throughout much of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast today, but we know the summer reading and movie-going season is just about upon us. Before you hit the theaters or crack into that stack of crime and noir novels, we suggest you take some time to consider the…
Guest post by Lytton John Musselman “A book is never, ever finished, only interrupted by publication,” my friend Garrison Keillor wrote me in response to my query about his forthcoming book deadline. The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants is unfinished, though I am thankful it was interrupted by publication. Writing a book on a topic you…
Guest post by Lytton John Musselman “A book is never, ever finished, only interrupted by publication,” my friend Garrison Keillor wrote me in response to my query about his forthcoming book deadline. The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants is unfinished, though I am thankful it was interrupted by publication. Writing a book on a topic you…