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My focaccia has somewhat of a cult following. Both with my customers at Olivia’s, who get it delivered every week and with people who have made my recipe over and over. The recipe is EASY. Do it once and you’ll realize it’s a breeze to repeat whenever you want WARM, chewy, focaccia. What you need is a little bit of foresight because the dough needs 1-2 days to do it’s thing in your fridge.

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To be a child is to wonder. When I was about 12, my grandfather used to take me fishing on the outskirts of his tiny village (which counted maybe a thousand souls at the time) in the summer to a massive lake where animals outnumbered people. I was a boy living in a city ruled by concrete about an hour away, who had no idea this would become one of his most cherished memories.

Last year, I delivered a panel entitled “The Elements of TTRPGs” at Big Bad Con. Joining me on the panel was Shao Han Tan, a dear friend of mine and a designer par excellence from Singapore. You should absolutely follow him on Twitter if you’re still on the bird app, and check the stuff he makes out over at Curious Chimeras. He is joined by Alanna Yeo, another fantastic human being.

Dear Classical Wisdom Kids, We seem to be a bit on a Hadrian kick of late… Indeed, we left Hadrian’s Villa for Hadrian’s Gate (more to come on that!) just this week. And it won’t be our last ‘Hadrian’ destination on this trip either. But who WAS Hadrian? Was he a good emperor? A bad one? Or a complex character that has forever left his mark in history? Either way, his name is written on great monuments all over the region and for that alone, he is well worth our attention… so please enjoy today’s article (with printables and activities for members below - including a fun geography project) on the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

This week we begin with a brief “Posts for the Hosts” segment before diving into conversation about the final passages in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Topics include passages that are most moving to each of us, whether the final pages are truly hopeful, the archetypal nature of the story, the question of God in the book, and much more. Happy listening! ncG1vNJzZmibnKTApr7EmpusZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe9OhnGadnpl6sLKMrZ%2BeZaKkrqU%3D

A question that has come up more and more often over the past decade – both in conversations with fellow guitarists and during interviews with guitar-themed magazines, websites and podcasts –has been some variation of the following:  “Do you think any of these digital amp modelers sound as good as real amplifiers?” “Not even close” was my answer in the mid-2000s, when these devices first started to gain traction. Who remembers the Line 6 POD aka the“red bean?

Yesterday, I learned from a very reliable source that all nine editors of HistoryNet’s magazines have been terminated. That includes the longest continually running magazine, Civil War Times (formerly known as Civil War Times Illustrated). Things have been looking bleak since Dana Shoaf, who had served as the editor of the magazine since 2004, left his position last year. The magazine was founded in 1962, during the height of the Civil War centennial.

Hi there, So I mentioned at the end of my last newsletter that I had something big to announce this month, hence why I’m bringing this to you on the 5th instead of the 1st of the month. This is it! This is the first public public announcement! Of course my family, friends and colleagues already know, Patrons found out recently but this is the first PUBLIC thing! Aaaaahhhh!!!!! Here goes… 🥳