Monthly Archives: May 2014
Who were the earliest Americans?
- Friday, 16 May 2014 14:07
Archaeologists are sifting through the avalanche of new data about the first peoples in the Americas. Here’s a great example of one of the latest discoveries.
http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-skeleton-shedding-light-first-americans-181106043.html
Just read a great book…
- Monday, 12 May 2014 06:18
MISSION AT NUREMBERG by Tim Townsend is about the American Army chaplain appointed to handle the spiritual needs of the Nazis during the Nuremberg trials. The chaplain was a Missouri farm boy named Henry Gerecke. The leaders of the Third Reich had wives and children, people they loved and were worried about on the eves of their inevitable executions. Gerecke received a lot of hate mail because he believed in forgiveness. The remarkable thing about this book is the depiction of Gerecke’s struggle to find humanity in the monstrous. We tend to view evil as primarily a lack of empathy, but most of these men did not lack empathy. And that’s why this is a haunting book. Seeing the architects of the holocaust as human makes their acts all the more terrifying.
If you’re a student of WWII, or just a student of humanity, you will definitely want this book in your library.
Giants in prehistoric America?
- Friday, 09 May 2014 10:45
Almost every culture has stories about the giants that roamed the distant mists of time. Usually, the culture heroes must defeat them to make the world safe for human beings. So we especially love findings like this!
http://westerndigs.org/earliest-evidence-of-gigantism-like-disease-found-in-3800-year-old-california-skeleton/
Rainy Day Rodeo
- Thursday, 08 May 2014 20:55
After all the glorious rain we’ve had, the drive into town today proved very interesting! In these parts, we call it “4-Wheel Drive Rodeo,” meaning we bucked and twisted our way out of the ranch in 4-wheel-low-differential-locked while dodging the low-hanging tree branches. Jeez, it was fun…
Burial Ground destroyed
- Wednesday, 07 May 2014 15:18
Every time we reread this, the sensation of despair grows. What do you think about this?
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Indian-artifact-treasure-trove-paved-over-for-5422603.php#page-1