My grandparents had a prehistoric coffee percolator for decades. The thing made legendary bad coffee. My grandfather worked a really early shift for much of his life. My grandmother would get up ...

I came to the Grateful Dead late by some standards, and left its orbit early by most. My first album was the band’s third, ...

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded ...

I discovered the writings of Charles Bukowski—who some call “The Poet of Skid Row”—in the 70s, when I was a young man. At the ...

All the World a Poem by Gilles Tibo, Manon Gauthier (Illustrator) Pajama Press 2016, 32 pages, 9.0 x 0.4 x 9.0 inches, ...

Misha Lynn Moon (she/her) has been writing and publishing poetry for 35 years. She was the first public school teacher in Oregon to transition at mid career.

Rosie (of the Lumberjanes) and Professor MacPherson (of Gotham Academy) have disappeared, and it’s up to their scouts and/or ...

My chief go-to guide for Europe is Rick Steves, who has made yearly trips to Europe over 40 years, and personally updates his guides. I trust his advice for anywhere in Europe and found him incredibly ...

Out of nothing, nature makes something. First there is hard rock planet; then there is life, lots of it. First barren hills; then brooks with fish and cattails and red-winged blackbirds. First an ...

(Stuff I’m interested in now, or was interested in before.) I was a long-time member of Global Business Network, a small think tank and consultancy based in Emeryville, California. Occasionally I’ll ...

In a darkened Las Vegas conference room, a cheering audience waves cardboard wands in the air. Each wand is red on one side, green on the other. Far in back of the huge auditorium, a camera scans the ...

Do you think you could guess the most expensive airport car rental locations in the USA for this fall travel season? I would have been 0 for 3 because the worst, according to a study from ...