April 10, 2024 was the 112th anniversary of the day that the British passenger and mail-carrying ocean liner RMS Titanic slipped her surly mooring bonds in the English port of Southampton and set sail on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. In her honor, and on that date, I embarked on an excursion I don’t undertake much… Continue reading A Day to Remember
Day: April 13, 2024
Remembering Guy Fawkes
No, I've not quite lost my mind, and I do have a calendar app on my phone. I know it's April 13, not November 5. (November 5 this year will be doubly memorable, as it's the date of the 2024 US Presidential election.) What today actually is, though, is the likely birthday, four-hundred fifty-four years… Continue reading Remembering Guy Fawkes