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 SolitaireComment

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

TOWARD A HISTORY OF THE FUTURE

The Future has a past that can teach us how to hope again. Onwards.

THE FUTUREBruce WatsonDecember 31, 2025the future, time capsules, prognostication, 22nd century, long now foundation Comments

WHERE THE FUTURE STUDIED

During dark times, an upstart college dared to open the doors to the future — of art, dance, poetry, music. . .

DREAMERSThe AtticDecember 22, 2025Black Mountain College, Rauschenberg, John Cage, American higher education, North Carolina, Asheville, NC Comments

OUR BACKYARD NATIONAL PASTIME

Speeds, reflexes, and equipment make baseball a tough game. Wiffle ball brings it all home.

DREAMERSThe AtticDecember 22, 2025Wiffle Ball, World Wiffle Ball Championship, Invention of the Wiffle Ball, American toys, ToysComment

THINKING OUTSIDE THE TOOLBOX

Matthew B. Crawford, Ph.D can fix your Harley, but can he fix the American malaise?

BOOK-ISHThe AtticDecember 4, 2025Matthew B. Crawford, Shopcraft as Soulcraft, The World Beyond Your Head, motorcycles, motorcycle mechanics, American work Comments

SEQUOYAH AND THE "TALKING LEAVES"

The miracle of writing evaded the natives until one man made the leap.

HEROES, BOOK-ISHThe AtticNovember 21, 2025Sequoyah, Cherokee, Cherokee language, Cherokee syllabary Comments

WHERE LIGHT AND LIGHTNING RULE

Lightning may not strike often, but “The Lightning Field” electrifies the New Mexico desert.

ART-ISHThe AtticNovember 6, 2025Walter De Maria, The Lightning Field, Earth Art, 1970s art Comments

KINDER, COOLER, SMARTER

NOW IN OUR TENTH YEAR!

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