Money: The Unauthorized Biography, by Felix Martin This is a great, albeit a bit wonky book. His final argument, is that money is not a fixed amount, like an ounce of gold of a gram of silver, but a means of measuring and transferring a concept of value from one person to another. Moon Tiger,…
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My Appalachian Trail Adventure – Part 2
Thanks for reading this. I've received many nice comments and heard from people who say they couldn't wait for Part 2. Here it is! Part 1 ended with my wife, Diana, and I "conquering" one night at Enchanted Rock State Park. We survived an "invasion" by Boy Scouts from near Houston, and lugged our packs…
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New Video Interview Posted: “Ham Radio Now”
Gary Pearce has a terrific new series of video interviews on his site, "Ham Radio Now:" https://www.hamradionow.tv/ He literally stumbled on my sales table at the massive Dayton, OH ham radio convention (HamVention) last May (2016), and we ended up with a most-enjoyable and free-wheeling discussion of my new book, "Contact Sport." He uploaded the…
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My Walk in the Woods, an Appalachian Trail Adventure – Part 1.
A Walk in the Woods, the 1998 book by Bill Bryson, was a best seller that went on to become a movie starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte in 2015. I didn't see the movie, but did read the book, which I loved. Based on my romantic notion that hiking the AT would be a…
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