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Wisconsin’s Mound Builders

Wisconsin’s Mound Builders 2/25/18 by Š 2015 Wisconsin Public Radio Web player: http://podplayer.net/#/?id=47139116 Episode: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UniversityOfTheAir/~5/6idoJjKla1Q/uoa150215a.mp3 Native American societies in Wisconsin built more effigy mounds than did those in any other region of North America . . . between 15 and 20 thousand of them, thousands of which remain. Wisconsin Historical Society Archaeologist Amy Rosebrough talks… Continue reading Wisconsin’s Mound Builders

The Anatomy of Tyranny – Timothy Snyder

The Anatomy of Tyranny – Timothy Snyder 2/23/18 by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Web player: http://podplayer.net/#/?id=47062451 Episode: https://podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/podcasts/ideas-r0ny3EZL-20180223.mp3 Authoritarianism is on the rise around the world. And Timothy Snyder wants to push back against this tide. A history professor at Yale University who’s written widely on Europe and the Holocaust, he takes an unusual approach in… Continue reading The Anatomy of Tyranny – Timothy Snyder

Still seems relevant

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION They stand before us and speak half-truths or bold lies, proud of their power to deceive and prosper. They will hide the corpses. They have betrayed us, and even victory will bring no honor. Rumsfeld equivocates, Rice dodges, that poor warrior, Powell, serving a man beneath him, covers his face with shame.… Continue reading Still seems relevant

Star Trek Discovery

 I really enjoyed the first episode. The second episode was well made but I enjoyed it less. The first episode showed Michael’s joy of discovery. The second episode was about action and explosions. I want a Star Trek that’s about the joy of discovery. I’m also concerned about the way this series (and really all… Continue reading Star Trek Discovery

The Relationship Between Music and Drugs

The CBC podcast “On Drugs” has an interesting show about the relationship, both good and bad, between music and drugs.  Unfortunately, they left out the most common, and dangerous drug in the music scene, alcohol. https://podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/podcasts/ondrugs_20170710_61777.mp3 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ondrugs/drugs-more-drugs-and-rock-roll-1.4197952

Stone Dragonfly

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Mushroom Season Has Arrived! 

Shelf mushrooms on a poplar tree in our back woods. I think these are honey mushrooms at the base of an oak stump in our yard.