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Mark’s Covid Diary… July 26, 2020

By Mark | July 26, 2020

I know there are other things that we should probably be talking about right now, like the “wall of moms” in Portland or the flood of disinformation headed our way about vote-by-mail, but I feel, for the sake of my sanity, the I need to step back, and write about other stuff for a while. […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abraham Lincoln, anxiety, Arlo, assassination, Bad Day at Black Rock, bicycles, black lives matter, business wig, Columbo, coronavirus, COVID-19, Detroit Tigers, Donald Trump, fuck, fuck the police, Greenfield Village, haircut, hammock, Henry Ford Museum, JFK assassination, John Dillinger, John F. Kennedy, last breath, leaf blower, Linette, Mark's health, OCD, pandemic, parenting, Pearl Harbor, Portland, racism, Smithsonian Institution, Spencer Tracy, Starkweather Chapel, Thankful Maynard, The Three Investigators, Thomas Edison, Three Investigators, Video Games, vote by mail, walking, wall of moms, Ypsilanti Farm Bureau | 18 Comments

Now we know the names of the men whose graves we just walked on in Jamestown

By Mark | July 28, 2015

Earlier this month, the family and I loaded up the car and drove south to Savannah, Georgia, making stops along the way at a number of significant historical sites. Among other places of interest, we visited Colonial Williamsburg, the site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight, and the “lost colony” of Roanoke. My favorite stop […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged archeology, caltrops, cannibalism, chancel, colonialism, Douglas Owsley, England, English Colonies, Gabriel Archer, historic archeology, James River, Jamestown, Jamestown Rediscovery, Jamestowne, John Rolfe, King Philip III of Spain, lead, lead poisoning, Mars, Mars colonization, Pedro de Zuniga, reliquary, Robert Hunt, Sir Ferdinando Wainman, Smithsonian Museum of American History, Spain, spying, Virginia, Virginia Company, We'll Make Our Kids Appreciate History If It Kills Us tour, where Pocahontas, William Kelso, William West | 8 Comments

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