Observations from . . . October 2025
A summary of the October posts from the MORE TO COME newsletter.
Author: DJB
No holiday for the inspector
Inspector Maigret cannot escape murder and intrigue even while on holiday.
Baseball and the River Styx
Quick thoughts on baseball and the classics during the 2025 World Series.
Châteaux, cathedrals, cuisine, and charm
Photographs and historical notes to remember our recent visit to the Loire Valley.
Backstage with Tom Gray
Spending time with a bluegrass legend.
Paradise is not always what it seems
Retired Chicago policeman Cal Hooper finds a small Irish village isn’t as bucolic as he imagined.
From accumulation to abundance
“What if scarcity is just a cultural construct, a fiction that fences us off from a better way of life?”
Observing history through a wider lens
European military historian Jeremy Black, MBE answers my questions about his new work, “The Civil War.”
May the wind always be at your back . . . but not too much wind
Photographs and music to remember our most recent visit to the Emerald Isle.
A love letter to human intimacy and connection
A novel of hope for connection even when we find ourselves in a place of intense loneliness and isolation.
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