Mike Keeler
MIKE KEELER: May 1774: The Empire Strikes Back
On May 13, 1774, a large vessel sailed into Boston Harbor. It wasn't a whaler, it wasn't a trading ship of any kind. It was the HMS Lively, a...
MIKE KEELER: One Big Bottle of DUH
Let us now praise the pandemic.It was poetic that on the 50th Anniversary of Earth...
MIKE KEELER: The Amazing Thing . . .
This past week’s solar eclipse up in the great north woods was pretty amazing, And...
MIKE KEELER: Spring 1774: Intolerable
In the aftermath of the destruction of the Francis Scott Key bridge this past week,...
Mike Keeler: Back in Daylight Spending Time
As we move into Daylight Savings Time, turns out the only thing we’re saving is...
To Make A Cool, Delicious Summer Classic, You Need A Little Magic
by Mike Keeler
The beverage was originally dreamed up in Scotland. The idea was to combine the cool bubbly refreshment of an ale with...
Sadly, You’ve Heard This One Before
by Mike WheelerAnd you have Daniel Butterfield to thank. He was just a kid from Utica, New York, who attended Union College and...
It’s Celestial, Revolutionary, And Simply Good
by Mike KeelerCamellia sinensis came down to humans from high above. Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought...
A Man Went Up A Mountain to Pick Up the Trash
by Mike KeelerHe had become concerned by the amount of junk which visitors had left behind. The mountain was becoming more famous for...
How Good Words Go Bad
by Mike KeelerStart with a perfectly good word. Take, for example, "cacher," which comes from the Latin "coactare - to constrain" and which...
Welcome to the United States of Diversity
by Mike KeelerOK, kids! Time for a geography pop quiz: where in the world are the following cities, and what do they have...