Yes, but what it often comes down to is the side with the deepest pockets wins.

Caedmon’s monument overlooking Whitby, England.

Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana

Whitby Abbey

I’m ready to move to Lochgilphead

No regrets about canceling my NYT subscription. I kind of miss my recipes, but there’s a whole internet full of those and I don’t have to support the Sulzbergers to get them

Great name for a place that sells cake

Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong.

Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:

The Rudston Monolith, the tallest standing stone in the UK, in the churchyard of All Saints Church in the tiny village of Rudston in East Yorkshire. It is believed to have come from Whitby, which is 35 miles north.

Oh yeah! About 3:30 or so?

Achnabreck Forest in Lochgilphead, Scotland

Isle of Lewis, Scotland

You’ll love it. I’m so glad I added one to my fleet.

Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey from St. Mary’s churchyard

I have an Opinel that I carry from time to time, but there’s usually nothing in my pockets except Kleenex, which I don’t always remember to remove before putting my pants in the washing machine

I was driving on an interstate in Cincinnati a few days ago and on several overpasses people were holding anti-Trump banners, to which I responded with approving toots

Nice day for a bike ride!

Getting away from home was chaotic – we picked our car up from the mechanic, drove five hours to board our dogs then another two hours the next morning to catch a plane. Flew to D.C., then to Dublin, where we caught yet another plane to Edinburgh. Our stay at Melville Castle has been restorative.

NRBQ wrote a song about this pairing

After one attains a certain milestone in life, the best gifts are food, drink, and time.

Just went on an organized tree tour of a cemetery yesterday led by the on-staff arborist. There was a movement in the U.S. in the 1820s toward planning cemetery landscapes and tree selection was a major part of that.

My brother posted the top photo on Facebook, which our grandfather took of Virginia Mayo at the 1956 Indianapolis 500. One of his friends saw it and said “hey, the guy with the camera is my grandfather, and here’s the photo he took.” It shows our grandfather center left, wearing a pith helmet.