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Photo by Joel Moysuh on Unsplash On December 12th, I mailed a batch of about 20 2026 Anglotopia Calendars to my customers. I printed the labels with my shipping software, I carefully packed them in non-bend mailers, put them in my mailbox, and they were picked up by my mailman by the end of the Continue reading Something is Very Wrong at the United States Postal Service The post Something is Very…
When I started the Anglotopia Podcast back in 2018, we followed the advice from our research that told us to get good podcast hosting. Many people recommended LibSyn to us, so that’s what we went with. What they don’t tell you, though, is that when you start hosting a podcast, you have to pay for Continue reading Self-Hosting Your Podcast For Fun and Profit The post Self-Hosting Your Podcast For…
I came of age the year the film Jurassic Park was released. It instantly became my favorite movie of all time, and I saw it again and again as many times as I could. When it came out on video, I owned it and practically ran the tape bare. So, like most kids of a Continue reading A Visit to the Indiana Dinosaur Museum The post A Visit to the Indiana Dinosaur Museum appeared first on Ephemera .
I love Chicago. But I would never want to live there (again). Growing up in Northwest Indiana, you are always aware that you exist in the shadow of one of the world s greatest cities. All roads lead to it, literally. All the railways lead to it. Sometimes, it seems that all the culture leads to Continue reading Into the City Living in the Shadow of Chicago The post Into the City Living in the…
Autumn arrived this year with the rain. There was anticipation for days as the weather forecasters said the heat was ending, and the cool autumn would begin. The rain brought with it the cool weather we seemed to have waited all September to finally arrive. It was an unusually warm September. Until yesterday, October 6th, Continue reading We Needed This Autumn Arrives With The Rain The post We…
I may have found my new favorite walk in LaPorte County. Most of my walks are pretty boring, I either walk down my street to the end and back (which is 2.5 miles) or I walk around Downtown Michigan City when I m at work (as long as I want it to be, but usually a Continue reading Region Walks: Bluhm County Park in Westville, LaPorte County The post Region Walks: Bluhm County Park in Westville,…
A smart person s house should have a library. It is the duty of any literate, ponderous type person to have a library. But not just any library. A library that covers a wide range of knowledge and disciplines. It should exist for entertainment, but also for growing one s own knowledge about subjects they know nothing Continue reading An Opinionated Guide to Building Your Own Library The post An…
For years, my wife and I would drive by the abandoned 11th Street South Shore line train station in Michigan City, Indiana, and dream. It was a big, beautiful old building, made up of crumbling white tiles. It was the kind of building that we used to build in America all the time when we Continue reading I m Go Glad They Saved Michigan City s Old Train Station Facade The post I m Go Glad They…
On a recent visit to Kalamazoo, Michigan, I was sad to learn that an icon of Southwest Michigan letters had closed. Whenever I was up that way, I was always sure to stop in at the Michigan News Agency; it was a lovely place to pick up newspapers and stock up on magazines (it was Continue reading Farewell to the Michigan News Agency in Kalamazoo, Michigan The post Farewell to the Michigan News…
Recently, I was a volunteer parking attendant for the annual Dunebrook Dragon Boat Races, which took place on Stone Lake in LaPorte, Indiana. My task was done once most people had actually arrived for the event. While directing traffic into a baseball field, I realized that I was actually on a paved trail, and, wondering Continue reading Walking Around Stone Lake in LaPorte, Indiana Dodging Bikers…