What’s that giant onion doing at Washington’s Walla Walla Regional Airport? Besides being a shiny distraction for those waiting for their bags at the tiny airport’s baggage carousel, the onion artwork celebrates the area’s most famous crop – Walla Walla Sweet Onions. You’ll find a few other treats at ALW airport. In the ticket lobby, […]
The death on Sunday, October 21st of George McGovern – who ran an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1972 against Richard Nixon – gives me the opportunity to offer a sneak preview of something that will be in my new book about things museums have that are rarely shown to the public. Tucked away at […]
July 20th is the 40th anniversary of the moon landing and there will be loads of celebrations and commemorations around the country. You can read about many of the events on the NASA Web site, but two events of special note are the Summer Moon Festival in Wapakoneta, Ohio (Neil Armstrong’s home town) and Splashdown […]
What’s that giant onion doing at Washington’s Walla Walla Regional Airport? Besides being a shiny distraction for those waiting for their bags at the tiny airport’s baggage carousel, the onion artwork celebrates the area’s most famous crop – Walla Walla Sweet Onions. You’ll find a few other treats at ALW airport. In the ticket lobby, […]
The death on Sunday, October 21st of George McGovern – who ran an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1972 against Richard Nixon – gives me the opportunity to offer a sneak preview of something that will be in my new book about things museums have that are rarely shown to the public. Tucked away at […]
July 20th is the 40th anniversary of the moon landing and there will be loads of celebrations and commemorations around the country. You can read about many of the events on the NASA Web site, but two events of special note are the Summer Moon Festival in Wapakoneta, Ohio (Neil Armstrong’s home town) and Splashdown […]