Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Ditching Misconceptions Pushing a digital publication is all about ditching misconceptions. Let me dial you in to how something as simple as your own name can torpedo you, the way a jumbled social media ID takes the wheels off your train, and why (free) subscriptions to The Renaissance Garden […]
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Shattered In the Mid-1970s Splurging on Letraset in the production room of a small newspaper. By Russ Smith A few weeks ago I ran across a brief thread on Twitter about the now nearly obsolete press-on sheets of Letraset typefaces, a staple for artists and small newspapers before computers
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Poems of an Arthropodic Nature A pair of (very) short poems inspired by the world of arthropods. Perhaps more poesy than poetry. The whimsy quotient is high. By Ann Simpson-Stamos Weft, Be Gone Ann Simpson-Stamos Golden spider, you are in my hair. You are mistaken; I am not your
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Heroes: Living, Dead, and Imagined The qualities of the heroes we admire in books and movies are sometimes reflected in real people in our lives. For my severely autistic son and our family, a gifted, quiet young special education teacher embodied the valiant spirit of Aragorn, hero of Lord
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Customer Disservice at Its Finest Bad customer service sure ain’t what it used to be. By John G. Stamos I’m a Boomer, so I’m relatively old. I attach more than a little wistfulness to this declaration. As I’ve aged, my personal nostalgia quotient has advanced along with the passing
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy The American Diner Diners are misunderstood as dull and lowly establishments, pitted unartfully along crumbling highways and forgotten byways. This is a mistake. The American diner is a humble, accessible gathering place where the spirit of this country rests and replenishes a fraying culture stretched in all directions. It
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Emoji-fried: Hieroglyphics for Dummies Stow the papyrus and keep your mouth shut. We’re emoji-fried: Hieroglyphics for dummies are our quills, our ink, our paper, and our voices. By John G. Stamos It’s not a stretch to think that Alexander Graham Bell would have despised texting. After all, the man
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy “Time and tide wait for no man… “ “Time and tide wait for no man… ” Nobody writes like Chaucer these days, and they don’t build watches – or men – like they used to. By John G. Stamos I thought the snippet of Chaucer’s line was appropriate for
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Trees Trees mark the passing of time with centuries as hours, and they keep ancient secrets and harbor timeless mysteries. Their seeming impassiveness belies their power to enflame my heart and enchant my remembrances. By Allison McBain Hudson Every tree is a mystery. Each one beckons me with silent
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Legacy Inspired by the legacy of one I admired and loved dearly, I’ve discovered some of the most important and worthwhile of my own aspirations. By Allison McBain Hudson I don’t have a bucket list. I’m “only” 53 and hoping not to kick the bucket any time soon, but
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