Scurvy Oaks

Recommended Reading.

My morning ritual is stable.

Awaken.

Give thanks.

Stretch.

Drink 16 ounces of water.

Get outside for a walk.

Upon my return I start the water for coffee, grab a book and notebook, and I read. Frequently, it’s the Ancient Greeks; sometimes the news of the week sends me back to my beloved Shakespeare. Other mornings are for poetry.

This week is different. I’m rereading the Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. If you’re at all curious about the documents and thinking that inspired our Constitution read on. If you’re confused by the choice of a republic over a democracy as our form of government, read on. Maybe you’re sad and weary of being exposed to an increasingly coarse public debate over the direction of our young nation. Read on.

Read on and be inspired.

On this day in 1982, Southern Thule in the South Sandwich Islands was recaptured under Operation Keyhole with Royal Marines raising the Union Jack.

Alexander Grant

Artist: Cosmo Alexander (American, born Scotland, 1724–1772)

Date: 1770

Medium: Oil on canvas

Nathaniel Russell House, built in 1808

Charleston, South Carolina