All, General, Personal, Travel, Writing

The Coast to Coast Diary: September 17, 2023

In early August 2022 I decided that, as a 50th birthday present to myself, I was going to walk across the whole of England, from the Cumbrian Village of Saint Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, following the path of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast. I began a journal of the preparation and, hopefully, completion of that […]

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General, Personal, Travel, Writing

The Coast to Coast Diary: September 14, 2023

In early August 2022 I decided that, as a 50th birthday present to myself, I was going to walk across the whole of England, from the Cumbrian Village of St. Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, following the path of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast. I began a journal of the preparation and, hopefully, completion […]

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Law, Politics

Why Term Limits Suck

Over at Cup of Coffee the topic of legislative term limits came up. I wrote this in response. I’m reposting it here for posterity and wider availability.   Yesterday I said, in passing, that I oppose legislative term limits. A lot of people both in the comments and on social media asked me why. What […]

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Politics

Ron DeSantis is turning Florida into a fascist state

This was originally published in my Cup of Coffee Newsletter on February 2, 2023 In our current political age it’s easy to let the nearly daily outrages wash over us, but no matter how desensitized we may become, some things manage to stand out as truly odious, truly dangerous, and truly appalling. Such as what […]

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