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Rain

RainRain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rainOn this bleak hut, and solitude, and meRemembering again that I shall dieAnd neither hear the rain nor…

Glossary: Night

From arousal disorder to Zeitgebers, the language of the night.-- by Leopold Froelich, Lapham's Quarterly arousal disorder: A parasomniac disorder (e.g., sleepwalking, sleep terrors, or confusional arousals) presumably caused…

Intrigue at Standing Rock

A corporate agent infiltrates the anti-pipeline movement.https://theintercept.com/2018/12/30/tigerswan-infiltrator-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock/

Forbidden Mecca (1853)

It was a dangerous journey; any misstep could have cost him his life. In 1853 intrepid British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as…

In Praise of Auld Lang Syne

Beware a smiling Scotsman and his songs. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-25402099

Shanghaied (London, 1811)

"I was, when crossing Towerhill, accosted by a person in seamen's dress who tapped me on the shoulder enquiring in a familiar and technical strain,…

The Duke in his Domain

Truman Capote on location with Marlon Brando (Tokyo, November 9, 1957). https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1957/11/09/the-duke-in-his-domain

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