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Lovely writeup about a lovely writeup!

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/news-from-storyknife","title":"News from Storyknife","summary":"Lovely writeup about a lovely writeup!","date_modified":"2026-08-25T03:32:49Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/what-im-reading","html_content":"

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat. The author is a professor of history at NYU and may also be seen as a visiting expert on CNN or other news shows. She has spent her career studying authoritarianis...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/what-im-reading","title":"What I'm Reading","summary":"Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat. The author is a professor of history at NYU and may also be seen as a visiting expert on CNN or other news shows. She has spent her career studying authoritarianis...","date_modified":"2026-08-25T02:47:36Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/its-been-awhile","html_content":"

I failed retirement again last year. I was asked to fill in as the Interim Director at the local college campus and I had not yet learned to say 'no.' I am working on that. Meanwhile, that service is done and I am back ...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/its-been-awhile","title":"It's been awhile","summary":"I failed retirement again last year. I was asked to fill in as the Interim Director at the local college campus and I had not yet learned to say 'no.' I am working on that. Meanwhile, that service is done and I am back ...","date_modified":"2024-10-01T20:35:57Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/if-you-liked-the-cover-art","html_content":"

Let me point you to the artist, Jen DePesa. She works by day at the local college and else time in her studio set within the beauty of Alaska. A local gallery offers her work so you may wish to check out Northern Vibes f...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/if-you-liked-the-cover-art","title":"If you liked the cover art...","summary":"Let me point you to the artist, Jen DePesa. She works by day at the local college and else time in her studio set within the beauty of Alaska. A local gallery offers her work so you may wish to check out Northern Vibes f...","date_modified":"2023-01-16T01:13:51Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/in-memory-of-spring","html_content":"

We are months into winter here (as defined by snow on the ground). I thought it was time for a happy spring memory. Enjoy the moose with twin babies (who are only about a week old). The split rail fence was a major chall...

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Three times I have left university employment intending to stay away and three times I failed! Interim jobs called me back and I accepted. I think three times is it! I appreciate that I have been able to help out during ...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/i-will-try-again","title":"I will try again!","summary":"Three times I have left university employment intending to stay away and three times I failed! Interim jobs called me back and I accepted. I think three times is it! I appreciate that I have been able to help out during ...","date_modified":"2021-07-21T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/published","html_content":"

After many years, I have finally put out the memoir of the year Joe and I lived together, on a boat, in Alaska. Floaters: The Professor and the Captain is out!

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/published","title":"Published!","summary":"After many years, I have finally put out the memoir of the year Joe and I lived together, on a boat, in Alaska. Floaters: The Professor and the Captain is out! ","date_modified":"2021-07-21T15:57:29Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/reading-caught-between","html_content":"

I resisted. For decades, I stayed away. And then I broke. I bought an e-book reader. And now I'm trapped between two worlds.

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/reading-caught-between","title":"Reading: Caught Between","summary":"I resisted. For decades, I stayed away. And then I broke. I bought an e-book reader. And now I'm trapped between two worlds. ","date_modified":"2021-03-16T15:11:17Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/pet-updates-december-2020","html_content":"

It has been nearly six years since we adopted these two. We had only wanted to adopt the dog but found out at the last minute that the dog came with a cat. \"They are a bonded pair.\" And so we took them both even thoug...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/pet-updates-december-2020","title":"Pet Updates! December 2020","summary":"It has been nearly six years since we adopted these two. We had only wanted to adopt the dog but found out at the last minute that the dog came with a cat. \"They are a bonded pair.\" And so we took them both even thoug...","date_modified":"2021-03-16T15:09:20Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/a-surprising-benefit-of-the-pandemic","html_content":"

I had visited the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward a number of times, pre-pandemic. When Covid hit, the Center had to close, and when it reopened, visitor numbers plummeted, partly because of no cruise ship traffic. The S...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/a-surprising-benefit-of-the-pandemic","title":"A surprising benefit of the pandemic","summary":"I had visited the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward a number of times, pre-pandemic. When Covid hit, the Center had to close, and when it reopened, visitor numbers plummeted, partly because of no cruise ship traffic. The S...","date_modified":"2020-12-10T18:37:46Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/aquatic-science-news-coho-killer-found","html_content":"

The death of returning coho salmon to the freshwaters of Puget Sound and the US West Coast has been known for decades. The adults make it back after their long foray in ocean waters but too often die gasping before they ...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/aquatic-science-news-coho-killer-found","title":"Aquatic Science News: Coho Killer Found!","summary":"The death of returning coho salmon to the freshwaters of Puget Sound and the US West Coast has been known for decades. The adults make it back after their long foray in ocean waters but too often die gasping before they ...","date_modified":"2020-12-07T18:55:01Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/the-technology-of-reading-and-writing","html_content":"

I wrote my first manuscript, my Master's Thesis, on an Apple IIe, with a dot matrix printer. There was only a single machine in my graduate school department and I went in at 3 in the morning to get machine time. The ab...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/the-technology-of-reading-and-writing","title":"The Technology of Reading and Writing","summary":"I wrote my first manuscript, my Master's Thesis, on an Apple IIe, with a dot matrix printer. There was only a single machine in my graduate school department and I went in at 3 in the morning to get machine time. The ab...","date_modified":"2020-11-29T21:01:03Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/reading-treasures-1","html_content":"

In these hunkered down days, I have discovered a gem. A world of free ebooks, just a click away. Project Gutenberg has more than 60,000 free books ready to explore. The project has a fascinating history, founded back in...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/reading-treasures-1","title":"Reading Treasures 1","summary":"In these hunkered down days, I have discovered a gem. A world of free ebooks, just a click away. Project Gutenberg has more than 60,000 free books ready to explore. The project has a fascinating history, founded back in...","date_modified":"2020-11-18T17:55:49Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/looking-back","html_content":"

Aquatic entomology, my specialty, let me explore much more than just insects. Water quality impacts by humans (or their livestock), ecological loss, disease transmission, sustainable freshwater systems, all these and mo...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/looking-back","title":"Looking Back","summary":"Aquatic entomology, my specialty, let me explore much more than just insects. Water quality impacts by humans (or their livestock), ecological loss, disease transmission, sustainable freshwater systems, all these and mo...","date_modified":"2020-05-09T23:31:46Z"},{"id":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/to-begin","html_content":"

Life transforms. After a lifetime as a professor, then a college administrator, and then a consultant for higher education, life is again reshaping. I am writing more, moving one book closer to being published, and sta...

","url":"https://pjsmartin.com/blog/f/to-begin","title":"To Begin","summary":"Life transforms. After a lifetime as a professor, then a college administrator, and then a consultant for higher education, life is again reshaping. I am writing more, moving one book closer to being published, and sta...","date_modified":"2020-05-08T19:39:09Z"}]}