The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: Benjamin Franklin

  • The Ephrata Codex and the First Known Female Composers in America

    “April 1775. This curious book was lent me by Doctor Franklin just before he set out for Pennsylvania.”

  • Quakers and Slavery

    History is never as simple as described in textbooks.

  • Blogging Before Blogs

    We have a longstanding tradition of putting our thoughts and ideas out there for the world to see.

  • Wind

    The day I wrote this, we had 60 mph wind gusts in Seattle. Isn’t nature amazing? I watched as someone’s umbrella turned inside out as they crossed the bridge. Think about that for a minute. A completely invisible force had the power to physically alter an object. That very same completely invisible force had the…

  • My Trip in the Wayback Machine

    When I was a kid I used to love a segment on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show featuring a dog named Peabody and his pet human, Sherman. They would take trips in the Wayback Machine and go to various points in history. This always intrigued me. If I had a Wayback Machine, where and when…

  • Hypocrisy 2.0

    I’ve been caught up in a debate this week about hypocrites. It is my stance that just because someone is hypocritical does not mean you should necessarily discount their message and by association, every other thing that comes out of their mouth. For example, if someone speaks out about animal rights and yet wears leather,…