HAILSTONES
When I first moved to Colorado, one of the things that totally amazed me was the size of the hailstones that occasionally pounded the area. …
TL-29
A TL-29 pocketknife, or penknife, is something that most males in the western world grow up with. Penknife is the British English term for a …
RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR
I don’t normally present a full article in “Connecting the Dots” but this one is such a good analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian War that it …
WISHFUL THINKING
I thought it was time for a little wishful thinking. After the doom and gloom of the past three weeks it is time to think …
LAST OF THE LINE
Cristina Calderón, the last of the line of the Yaghan people, died on February 16, 2022, aged 93. The Yaghan were an amphibious people …
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Waking up at my usual time this morning to the sun shining in my face, instead of darkness, brought the subject of Daylight Savings Time …
PERSONAL DATA
What happens to your personal data when you die is something that had never occurred to me until I read an article about it this …
VILLAGE OF DUNWICH
Midway between the town of Aldeburgh and the seaside resort of Southwold, two popular spots on Britain’s Suffolk coast, lies the quiet rural village of …
DAYS OF RAIN
This July, gorged by days of rain, the Meuse River broke its banks, and the Belgian town of Liège was its victim. Waters, the color …
WOMEN VERSUS MINORITIES
Women versus minorities is a subject that has been at the back of my mind for quite a while. The very title sounds strange, but …