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originally posted August 21, 2021;
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After recent frustrations with another major update to Facebook’s business platform, the-freelance-editor team has decided to reevaluate its selection of social media outlets and to redetermine its participation in each. Our main decision, then—though some materials will continue to post there automatically—involves a move away … continue reading
originally posted August 15, 2021;
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I don’t often get to write or post about nature—or even science in general—so when I came across this lengthy excerpt from an opening chapter of The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us, by biologist, botanist, conservationist Meg … continue reading
originally posted June 25, 2021;
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I was reminded today about the importance of applying an accurate setting in works of historical fiction. Yes, it’s fiction, but most popular (and successful) historical fiction is rooted in history, at least at some point, and, since many such works enter the … continue reading
originally posted September 18, 2013
May 2021: reformatted; text revised as noted
My father and I have different talents, preferences, and passions when it comes to researching and recording family history: he does genealogy; I do personal history and family history. In other words, in my mind, at least, he does the bones (or the … continue reading
