Category Archives: Commentary

Whoa, I’m stepping into my own world of ignorance. I certainly can use the words, spell them correctly, and add the two dictionary meanings to define the field, but I’m pretty sure I don’t know a thing. I’m now commenting … Continue reading →

Sometime last summer, I briefly caught a story about a pilot of a small plane becoming unconscious, and the passenger was forced to take control. The dramatic part of the story is that the passenger had absolutely no piloting experience. … Continue reading →

I’ve taught various levels of photography to college students for about 35 years before retiring. I had several moments of “flash” awareness, where a basic concept grabbed me, and I understood some of the nuances. My favorite moments were the … Continue reading →

And don’t forget his sword. The Greeks and their wonderful myths. A little like the Peanuts cartoon with the character always being followed around with a rain cloud above his head, we have Damocles with a sword above his head, … Continue reading →

Fulbert de Beine de l’Aigle, 1st baron de l’Aigle, the founder of the castle and dynasty of l’AIGLE. So this story is about a family that was on the edge of history. Fulbert was a common name in Normandy. There … Continue reading →

My paternal haplogroup is Haplogroup A, which was centered in and around Kenya about 250,000 years ago, at least this is what the science of DNA tells me. Sometime around 76,000 my ancestors moved north near the Horn of Africa … Continue reading →

Yes, sure… I understand the internet. At one point in time I even taught the basic history in a few of my classes. I didn’t know at the time, but I even lived the prehistory of the internet. War is … Continue reading →