Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
Flight shaming: how to spread the campaign that made Swedes give up flying for good
Advice from Maeve Binchy on the 8th anniversary of her death
"Learn to type. Learn to drive. Have fun. Write postcards. [Letters take too long and you won’t do it, a postcard takes two minutes.) Be punctual.
Don’t worry about what other people are thinking. They are not thinking about you. Write quickly. [Taking longer doesn’t usually make it better.) Get up early. See the world. Call everybody by their first name, from doctors to presidents. Have parties. Don’t agonize. Don’t regret. Don’t fuss. Never brood. Move on. Don’t wait for permission to be happy. Don’t wait for permission to do anything. Make your own life.”
via a tweet from Eimear McGovern
New Register Transcriptions from Lancashire Online Parish Clerk
32 parish registers have new entries in a 24 July update. Records for the Church of St Peter, Liverpool added baptisms from 1852 to 1854 for a total of 255,473 and additional marriages for 1864
brought the total to 37828.
Saskatchewan Archives Annual Report
A refreshingly factual annual report for 2019-20 notes that service delivery progress included:
- Approximately 120 microfilm reels of newspapers including the Maple Creek News, Maple Creek Ranching News, Maple Creek Signal and Achimoowin papers were digitized, consisting of 106,000 images.
- In addition, the digitization of paper newspapers took place with our digital overhead camera, adding 18,675 digital images to Saskatchewan Historical Newspapers Online. Other digitization projects included the photo collection, poster collection, panoramic photographs and fire insurance plans.
Malcolm Gladwell: How I Rediscovered Faith
Survey of the great and important River of St. John, &c; and of the British settlements of New Brunswick
The US National Archives blog post RG 76: Maps and Records Pertaining to the Northeastern Boundary of the United States – An Artistic Glimpse of Past includes a link to an 1812 map that "contains a great deal of information not only about navigating the St. John’s River, but also about the settlements along the river’s banks. In some places, individual landowners are even identified by name."
Thanks to this week's contributors: Anonymous, Brenda T., D-Hugh Reekie, Gail B., Kenneth R Marks, Mike More, Unknown.
4 comments:
John, I greatly enjoyed reading the Malcolm Gladwell article. I read that book he talks about some years ago.
I knew a fellow whose daughter was also murdered when just a teenager. I remember him telling me, with relish, that he and his wife had danced together for the first time since their daughter's death, years afterwards. The strength they had showed floored me. Cheers, BT
John - thank you so very much for all you do with this blog. You provide such useful and interesting information - your time and efforts are very appreciated.
Hi, John,
I really enjoyed the Two Ronnies today. It makes me wonder about the priorities that people put on to education. Do students get a well-balanced education or are they being taught information that doesn't help them in day-to-day life? The balance needs to be there for any type of success.
Btyclk
John, a belated "thank you" for sharing the Malcolm Gladwell article. The author is a staple in our household, but I never expected him to write so insightfully about faith. His comments on how he goes about approaching his writing tasks were a bonus.
I read the article last Sunday morning after you posted it, but have been coming back to it over and over during the week, as well as sharing with other...who, in turn, are sharing with others.
Thanks for getting the ball rolling for us, at least in my own personal micro-cosmos.
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