An early champion of computers, Sherry Turkle was among the first to ask “what they are doing to us?”

BATTLING THE B.S., Battling the B.S., REBELSThe AtticApril 23, 2026Sherry Turkle, Alone Together, Smart phone addiction, AI critics, M.I.T., M.I.T. artificial intelligence Comments

A VISIT TO THE LAST BOOKSTORE

The name was meant to be ironic, but indie bookstores are thriving.

BOOK-ISHThe AtticApril 17, 2026The Last Bookstore, Independent Bookstores, Indie bookstores, Reading, Love of reading, Best bookstores Comments

SAILING DOWN PETE'S GOLDEN RIVER

When the Hudson got filthy, a man with a banjo got busy. And The Clearwater set sail.

DREAMERS, FOLKIESThe AtticApril 9, 2026Pete Seeger, The Clearwater, Hudson River, Hudson River Clearwater Foundation, Toshi Seeger Comments

OUR BACKYARD NATIONAL PASTIME

Speed and reflexes make baseball a tough game. Wiffle ball makes it everyone’s game.

DREAMERSThe AtticApril 2, 2026Wiffle Ball, World Wiffle Ball Championship, Invention of the Wiffle Ball, American toys, Toys Comment

SOME LIKE IT HOTTER

Chiles are grown everywhere but only in New Mexico do they spice up. . . everything

American PlacesThe AtticMarch 25, 2026Chile Peppers, New Mexico, New Mexican cuisine, chile, New Mexico State University, habanero, jalapeno, ancho Comments

THE MYSTERY WOMAN WITH THE CAMERA EYE

It took years of detective work, to “find” Vivian Maier. What we found was the eye of a master.

ART-ISH, ATTIC AT THE MOVIESThe AtticMarch 19, 2026Vivian Maier, Photography, Street photogrphy, "Finding Vivian Maier" Comments

PRICKLY AS CACTUS, RIGHT AS RAIN

Rejecting modernity, embracing the wild, Edward Abbey carved his own “Abbey’s Road.”

REBELSThe AtticMarch 12, 2026Edward Abbey, Monkey Wrenching, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Desert Solitaire Comments

GERTRUDE CONQUERS AMERICA

When Gertrude Stein (Stein) toured America, a rose was a rose was a mutual love.

BOOK-ISHThe AtticMarch 4, 2026Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein tours America, Gertrude Stein in America, Everybody's Autobiography Comment

TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY!!!!

Don’t despair! From National Corn Dog Day to National Personal Space Day, every day of the year is now an excuse to party!

WITSThe AtticFebruary 26, 2026National Pig Day, National Day Calendar Comments

TUCSON'S GEM OF A SHOW

Each winter, the world’s finest rocks, and the people who love them, flock to Tucson

WONDERS, Wonders, American PlacesThe AtticFebruary 19, 2026Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Tucson, Arizona, Tucson Arizona, gems and minerals Comments

THE MAN WHO CONQUERED THE "RED PLAGUE"

“The world’s debt to Dr. William Foege is enormous.”

HEROES, HealersThe AtticFebruary 12, 2026Dr. William Foege, Smallpox, Smallpox eradication, WHO Target Zero, anti-vaxxers, anti-vaccination movement, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Public health Comments

"MY FARAWAY ONE"

“Having told you so much of me,” Georgia O’Keeffe wrote, “more than anyone else I know—could anything else follow but that I should want you?”

ROMANCEThe AtticFebruary 5, 2026Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keefe, American romance, Valentine's Day, Georgia O'Keeffe Comments

SCULPTING SILENCE -- THE ASL STORY

How American Sign Language came out of a small town to speak volumes and change lives.

TEACHERS & HEALERS, teachers & healers, TEACHERS, teachersThe AtticJanuary 29, 2026American Sign Language, ASL, Deaf Education, Gallaudet, Thomas Gallaudet, Gallaudet University, Oralism Comments

FROM THE LONG END OF THE SCOPE

When it comes to forward thinking, the Long Now Foundation has plenty of time.

THE FUTUREThe AtticJanuary 23, 2026Long Now Foundation, 210, 10, 10000 year clock, the future, Stewart Brand, Brian Eno Comments

THE FUTURE ACCORDING TO KIDS

Naive and innocent, perhaps, but the future once called to children. And now?

THE FUTUREThe AtticJanuary 16, 2026The Future, The Jetsons, Tom Swift, Tom Swift books, 1939 Worlds Fair, Retrofuturism Comment

TIME IN A BOTTLE

Seeds of hope, links to the future, the world’s time capsules number 15,000. And counting.

THE FUTUREThe AtticJanuary 8, 2026time capsules, 1939 New York Worlds Fair, The Future Comment

KINDER, COOLER, SMARTER

NOW IN OUR TENTH YEAR!

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