WN@TL Blog

For July 1, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, It’s July 1. We straddle the halfway point of 2020, the Year of Ideal Visual Acuity. With jaded eyes, we foresee …

For June 24, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Yesterday my daughter Claire (15.6 yrs old) for the first time got behind the wheel with her newly-issued learner’s permit …

For June 17, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, We’re more than halfway through June, the month that is always gone too soon.  In a few days comes the …

For June 10, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, We’re being soaked by the remnants of tropical storm that came ashore just east of New Orleans and flew …

For June 1, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, It’s the first of June.  It’s a pivotal day every year, in at least three ways. First, it’s the first …

For May 30, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Memorial Day was Monday.  But for many of us, Memorial Day will also be Saturday, for our earliest memories of …

May 20, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, I once was asked to pinch-hit with but a few hours’ notice to give a speech to a statewide gathering of …

May 13, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, It was two months ago today that the covid news came out and the campus quickly closed down.  Much of the …

May 4, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Today, Monday, May 4, we mark the 134th anniversary of the Haymarket Affair in Chicago. Tomorrow will be the 134th anniversary …

April 29, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, A word about words. Written words, in particular. One specific word, especially:  Text. Text is an ancient four-letter word with a …