Michael J Douma

I predict that in the future, Google (or whatever its parent company is called in the year 2525) will sell the entire Gmail database as a source to be mined for historical data.

I am currently experiencing a higher than usual volume of student papers.

I believe it was the great Robert Frost, the college history professor who wrote: The pillows are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And essays to read before I sleep, And essays to read before I sleep

On December 9th, I’ll be speaking (in Dutch) about slavery in New York at the Pelgrimvaderskerk (Pilgrim Father’s Church) in Rotterdam/ Delfshaven, the Netherlands.

Jim E.

For a book I’m writing, I’ve spent an awful lot of time in the year 1883.

In a previous post, I presented an example of how a newspaper could provide an “illustration” without using engraved plates.

by Blue, the cat.