Year: 2025
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Self-Hosting Your Podcast For Fun and Profit
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…
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A Visit to the Indiana Dinosaur Museum
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…
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Into the City – Living in the Shadow of Chicago
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…
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We Needed This – Autumn Arrives With The Rain
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…
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Region Walks: Bluhm County Park in Westville, LaPorte County
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…
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An Opinionated Guide to Building Your Own Library
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…
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I’m Go Glad They Saved Michigan City’s Old Train Station Facade
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,…
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Farewell to the Michigan News Agency in Kalamazoo, Michigan
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…
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Walking Around Stone Lake in LaPorte, Indiana Dodging Bikers and Mosquitos
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…
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Once We Lose These Things We’ll Never Get Them Back
Michigan City, Indiana, has several notable landmarks along its Lakeshore, and most of them are industrial or institutional. There’s the cooling tower that everyone thinks is a nuclear…
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Hey.com Email 6 Months On – A Review
When 37Signals launched Hey.com a few years ago, I was intrigued. I liked many of the ideas that underpinned it, but I also tend to like the way…
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