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Taking a Bath in Bath

20 Mar 2024

I first got interested in the history of the English town of Bath years ago when I had the pleasure of sitting in the famous “Pump Room,” sipping a glass of Bath water. A brochure on the table told...

The Evil Eye

4 Feb 2022

I must admit I’m not sure if the woman is just an intellectual simpleton or a clever charlatan preying on the gullible.  I suspect the former.  In any case, here is the story.  Upon invitation, and...

A Tarnished Gold Rush

20 Mar 2017

It’s hard for us here in North America to believe that gold is killing hundreds of children in Nigeria. Well, it isn’t exactly the gold that is killing them, it is the lead oxide and lead carbonate...

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