Above: a beautiful stained glass window in Freeport, Maine.

Below: Reading links! Topics include an informative piece on home heating, some cultural items, and five things you should make time for in your life.

• Debunking fireplace heating myths
• A Tolkien professor’s new media approach to the …

I’m back from my tangent to Freeport, Maine, home to the above L.L.Bean flagship store. Actually it’s more than just one store – it’s rather like a campus, with entire buildings just for camping and hiking gear, apparel, footwear, outerwear, canoeing, etc.

During the 11″ snowfall that hit when I …

So I got off schedule a little with my reading links due to travel and bad weather. But until things are back on track, below is a dump of links you may find of interest.

Speaking of weather, last night we got 11 inches of snow in Maine. This morning – everything was plowed. Businesses were open on …