I am heading out shortly for Lake Tahoe, where I will be participating in the annual conference of the Western Historical Association. By all accounts the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Casino and Spa is a very nice place. Yet while packing for the trip I could not help thinking about the wonderful scene in [...]
Read More →(With apologies to Bill Withers.) I am in Virginia (suburban D.C.) for a conference on technology and the Humanities and George Mason’s Center for History and New Media. I expect it to be very interesting. However, it is expected to rain all weekend. Not that I mind. There is a cool front coming through tonight [...]
Read More →Thanks to the generosity of my parents, who loaned us their Buick Enclave for the trip when we realized we could not fit in our little Mazda, I am sitting in a very comfortable “Captain’s Chair” in the second row of seats typing this on my laptop, while Cheri drives (listening to XM Radio) and [...]
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