A brief history of typography.
Clever representation of the history of typography in this video. Some of these names should sound familiar like Baskerville, Didot and Futura. Apparently, my taste tend toward the transitional and the modern.
I cannot fully explain how excited I am to attend Write Your Heart Out, Washington.
If you’re planning on going to this event, let me know. I’ll see you there on May 18.
The hunger strike at Guantanamo has grown to 100 inmates—23 are being force-fed, and 4 are hospitalized. The Miami Herald’s keeping a running timeline of the ongoing crisis.
Read this to catch up on what’s going on at Gitmo.
The sometimes challenging road to health care in rural Western North Carolina extends beyond the curves of country back roads. Whether it’s dealing with the current physician shortage that affects all but Madison in the 16-county region or wrestling with social and economic barriers, local providers and patients share their challenges and plans to address rural health-care needs.
A malfunctioning pump at the Metropolitan Sewerage District plant sent millions of gallons of raw sewage into the French Broad River starting this morning.
At a rate of about 1 million gallon per hour, raw sewage spilled into the French Broad River this morning. My fellow reporter, David Forbes, was the one who wrote this piece. This comes the week before the May 3-5 French Broad River Festival, a benefit for American Whitewater, The Mountain Area Child & Family Center and Hot Springs Community Learning Center. It is unknown at this time how the spill will affect plans for this weekend’s event.
What lingering questions do you have?
