Miscfamilies / news / veterans / Veterans Day / War / Military / war veterans8 Comments
I’m just listing an assortment of various articles I’ve read so far this morning. Thank a veteran today for their service. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – “For decades, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery has drawn crowds to honor unidentified service members who died in ... more >
Miscanimals / black-footed ferret / news7 Comments
Readers who have been coming to Dear Author for a while might remember how we got involved with following the fate of Black footed ferrets. There is an author who lifted, verbatim, a long passage from a scientific source to use in her book. This was discovered and discussed at ... more >
Florida Man – Okay, show of hands. How many people read a headline that includes this descriptor and either cringe at or smirk at what you expect to read has been done? Yeah, “Florida Man,” has given the Sunshine State a bad rep. But Michael Esmond’s actions show that not all ... more >
MiscAtlanta / Australia / food / news / restaurants5 Comments
To borrow HM The Queen’s description of 1992, this year has been an “annus horibilis” But let’s find some good news to try and counteract that. DC restauranter gets back after giving for seven years – Since he opened his restaurant in 2013, Kazi Mannan has followed the example his ... more >
MiscCanada / news / travel / winter9 Comments
Let’s face it. 2020 has sucked. Or as I saw on a sign one of my neighbors had put up in their front yard, “OMG, will 2020 never end?” But here is something that made me smile after I finished reading it. “A Canadian man drives stranded American family 1000 ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBreaking Cat News / cartoons / cats / comic / Humor / news / reporterNo Comments
This just in: your favorite purr-nalists are back and reporting on all of the most pressing cat issues in this third collection of Breaking Cat News comics for middle-grade readers. Anchor cat Lupin and his faithful field reporters, Elvis and Puck, are as cute and funny as ever in Elvis ... more >