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How Bloomington Illinois Made Abraham Lincoln Great

I recently returned from a week-long trip to central Illinois, stopping in places where Abraham Lincoln became famous as a lawyer and a politician. Check out Part I and Part II of my travel summaries from that week. The week … Continue reading

Catching Up – Part 3 (The Dake Page)

This is the third in a series of catching up posts highlighting writing from the last few months. Part 2 looked at Hot White Snow while Part 1 covered this Science Traveler page. Today is The Dake Page. The idea … Continue reading

Catching Up – Part 2 (Hot White Snow)

On Friday I did some long overdue catching up on my Science Traveler posts. Today I’ll catch up Hot White Snow. Hot White Snow Hot White Snow is all about creativity. Here I respond to writing prompts, experiment with new … Continue reading

Long Overdue Catching Up

It’s been a while since I did a catch-up post, in part because I was recovering from surgery and in part because of travel before and after surgery. Since a lot of posts have built up I’ll handle the three … Continue reading

Visiting Abraham Lincoln’s Illinois – Part II

Last week I traveled to Lincoln’s Illinois to visit many of the places Abraham Lincoln lived and worked. Mid-week I posted the highlight summaries I had prepared for the Lincoln Group of DC. Today I’m posting Part II – the … Continue reading

Visiting Abraham Lincoln’s Illinois – Part I

I’m currently with theLincoln Group of DC on a tour of Lincoln’s Illinois. I’ve been filing reports to LGDC members who didn’t make the trip, so here are some highlights of our first couple of days. Day 0 Twenty-three Lincoln … Continue reading

Visiting Abraham Lincoln’s Illinois

I’m currently with theLincoln Group of DC on a tour of Lincoln’s Illinois. I’ve been filing reports to LGDC members who didn’t make the trip, so here are some highlights of our first couple of days. Day 0 Twenty-three Lincoln … Continue reading

Third Year Reflections of a Science Traveler

This month marks the third year anniversary on the best decision ever made. In 2013 I made the decision to leave my long-time scientific career to become a science traveler. I didn’t leave the science, merely the part that paid … Continue reading

The Book Stack Photo

Recently I took a photo of a stack of my published books. The idea came from seeing a similar stack from my friend Chris DeRose, a multiple Abraham Lincoln author and currently running for City Council in Phoenix, Arizona. Now … Continue reading

Thomas Edison and the Talking Doll

Thomas Edison is well known as the inventor of the phonograph. But did you know he also marketed a talking doll? As I note in my book, Edison: The Inventor of the Modern World: In bit of fancy, Edison and … Continue reading