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Sunday States: Virginia, Colombia, the Congo Republic, and More

5 November 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Virginia, Colombia, the Comoros, the Congo, and the Congo Republic.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

Sunday States: New Hampshire, the Central African Republic, China, and More

29 October 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Hampshire, the Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, and China.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

β€œFrom this day to the ending of the world”

25 October 2017 by Bob O'Hara

We few, we happy few.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

β€œThis story shall the good man teach his son”

24 October 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Yearly, on the vigil, feast your neighbors (or your students).

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Sunday States: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Canada, and More

22 October 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, and Canada.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

Sunday States: Maryland, Brunei, Burundi, and More

15 October 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Maryland, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, and Burundi.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

Sunday States: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Brazil, and More

8 October 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, and Brazil.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

Sunday States: Connecticut, Belgium, Bhutan, and More

1 October 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Connecticut, Belgium, Belize, Benin, and Bhutan.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

The Great Swan of the Heavens

25 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

The swans of North America, and the Great Swan (Cygnus) of the heavens.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

Sunday States: Georgia, Bahrain, Belarus, and More

24 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

[Seal of Georgia]

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Georgia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, and Belarus.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

β€œOur summer made her light escape”

22 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

[Emily Dickinson Homestead]

Reading a poem of the autumnal equinox.

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Sunday States: New Jersey, Australia, the Bahamas, and More

17 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Jersey, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, and the Bahamas.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

We the People

17 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Marking the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

Cassini’s End, and a Saturnian Poem

15 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

The Cassini mission to Saturn comes to an end, and Kenneth Rexroth describes (perhaps) one of its scientists.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

Anniversaries and Other September News

10 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

States and countries, monuments, 9/11, and the National Anthem.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

The Week of the Corn Moon

3 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Libraries, states and countries, nighthawks, and a song at the beginning of autumn. Welcome to the first developmental year of the River Houses.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

Let the River Run!

1 September 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Let all the dreamers wake the nation.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

Homeschool Astronomy: The Great American Eclipse of 2017

21 August 2017 by Bob O'Hara

[2017 solar eclipse projected beside the River Houses coat of arms]

A view of the August 2017 solar eclipse from the Nashua River valley of New England.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

This was ever my wish

19 April 2017 by Bob O'Hara

Horace welcomes you to the River Houses.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

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