Medium is evolving for me A regular reader of mine turned me on to Reciprocal about a month ago. What is different about Reciprocal? In each article published on Reciprocal, I am asked to highlight at least three other medium writers. This fits well with the way I read. If…

The Pérez Family — Some of the hardest-working people I’ll ever meet The Pérez brothers, Máximo (Mancho) and Benito, have been sending coffee up to Wisconsin from their farm in San Jose de Las Moras in Comayagua, Honduras for many years. Benito is a bachelor, and it is easy to…

Will Lockett Keeps Saying “Yes, It Will.” — Will Lockett - Medium Read writing from Will Lockett on Medium. Journalist passionate about cutting edge technology, space and fighting…medium.com When I taught at a private school in the Bay Area, about half of my students’ parents were linked to tech. We did an Introduction to Chemistry class by focusing on the chemistry of carbon and how it is linked to the climate crisis. One student cheerfully told me that…

Sex. Sex. Sex. — I would like to bend and break every social convention about sex and bring it to the page. I would write the dirtiest, raunchiest, most shocking smut you can imagine. I would write a Penthouse letter, but better. I would write a script for a porno that was actually sexy…

The Alvarado/Vasquez Family of El Sute, Comayagua, Honduras I met Don Chico (Francisco Alvarado) for the first time about 15 years ago. …

Short fiction for a Vocal challenge prompt This month Vocal is handing out free money to the best story that can respond to the prompt: “Write a fiction story about an unlikely pair that meets on a tropical island.” Twenty years ago, my partner and I spent a week of…

Maybe about 120 readers? Uncork the champagne, people. Last week I passed a much-anticipated milestone on Medium when I watched my follower count tick over the 2K mark. Thunderous applause. I know. But all joking aside, I was curious about what it means to have 2000 followers on this website…

Authors Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe explore what archaeogenetics can tell us about the origins of humans in Europe As a genealogist, I am interested in origins. How did I get here? And how do those origins affect who I am today? My origin curiosity doesn’t just apply to my…