I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of years in Spain, and like most people who spend any amount of time there, I found the country very agreeable. This stemmed in part from the fact that that country likes to eat a lot. In fact, Spaniards are passionate their food, and it was oftenContinue reading “A €20,000 Monument to the Spanish Tortilla”
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The Grisly Murder That Launched a Podcast Star
I have been listening to a true crime podcast called “True Murder” for years. Each week, host Dan Zupansky interviews true crime authors about the cases they’ve written about. The complex/troubling appeal of true crime is a discussion for another time, but Zupansky is one of the first true crime podcasters and is considered anContinue reading “The Grisly Murder That Launched a Podcast Star”
A Landfill is an Ecosystem unto Itself: a Treatise on the Organisms that call Landfills Home
Looming over Colerain Township is Mount Rumpke, the highest point in Hamilton County, Ohio. Visitors are taken by bus to the top, and from the summit, you can see the valley below, stretching to the reaches of the mountain’s domain. The skyline of nearby Cincinnati sits hazily in the distance. Far below, bulldozers and dumpContinue reading “A Landfill is an Ecosystem unto Itself: a Treatise on the Organisms that call Landfills Home”