When I Tell My Friends I’m Researching the Railroads
I can’t tell them about the shackles
without them telling me about Shaquille O’Neal.
I can’t tell them about black death
without them telling me about their great-uncle from Ireland.
I can’t tell them about Angel Island
without them telling me to let them play Devil’s Advocate.
I can’t tell them about trains inventing time zones
without them telling me that the Pomodoro method would help my writing.… Read the rest