http://monomoyick.com Nec temere, nec timide Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:40:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Link: http://wgbh.org/tme In episode four, Ava and Sofie travel on a scenic ferry ride to meet Castor and Pollux, a sister and brother, and their family for lunch Hong Kong style. The girls enjoy many interesting new foods, followed by some one-on-one conversations with their new friends. It turns out that the children ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/10/24/brunch-bunch-4-china-through-my-eyes-on-wgbh/ The brick measures roughly two inches by seven inches by threeand- a-half inches. Typical red, well-weathered and with a couple chunks taken out around it. It bears the stains of having been submerged in the sea at times, which is only right because of the location where I picked it ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/10/13/a-bricks-journey/ Stranded in the Falklands, Part 2 Six thousand five hundred miles from home, 400 miles east of South America, and only 800 miles north of Antarctica, I came to realize a few key truths. The first was that peoples living in similar geographies can relate to them very differently. Having spent a ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/06/09/scurvy-dogs-of-hit-and-run-history/ And so I'm driving less again. Gas prices having topped $3.50, I was thinking about that trip to Trader Joe's and BJ's in Hyannis. My car gets about 25 miles to the gallon, and the roundtrip for groceries is just under 50 miles. That's $7 every week. This summer the same ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/03/10/the-crashing-of-a-wave/ Local Adventure-Travel Show leads on Kickstarter Heading into this long weekend, we here at Hit and Run History thought we'd challenge our fans -- especially those on the Cape -- to help raise our profile on the online fundraising site Kickstarter. After all, if you are working to follow the first American voyage 'round ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/02/20/hit-and-run-history-is-top-film-project-in-boston/ On Tuesday night, I was at the New York Yacht Club when the Argentine Consul made sure to say goodbye to me on his way out. That's a hell of a revelation. How did a simple clammdigger from the Common Flat off Monomoy Island get here? It was a 5:15 AM wakeup, ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/02/18/racing-the-tide/ The crew of Hit and Run History heads to Boston to investigate a son of the North End: Joseph Ingraham. Years before Ingraham was chosen as second officer of the ship Columbia, he experienced the Revolutionary War firsthand, along with the Boston Massacre and Tea Party. On board the Massachusetts warship Protector, he battled ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/01/19/the-prisoner-hit-and-run-history-on-wgbh/ On Christmas Day, two presents had been left unopened until 1 p.m. Sofie brought it out for all her extended family to see. She already had quite a haul. Skates from Santa. A Zhu-Zhu pet from her grandmother. A bracelet from her cousin. And lots of clothes. The note on the ... http://monomoyick.com/2011/01/14/chatham-to-china/ WGBH series finale features music of Tommy Keene The out-of-the-blue online phenomenon of Hit and Run History continues to smash the wall between pop culture and history. In a musical coup, the Gumshoe Historians at WGBH have landed Tommy Keene.  The original indie power-pop artist's "Places That Are Gone" will be featured in the finale of ... http://monomoyick.com/2010/12/09/hit-and-run-history-goes-power-pop/ It had almost become a habit. The October rush. For two years running, we would rush to get application materials in to various local cultural councils. These were for grants to support production and screenings of another episode of our documentary series, “Hit and Run History: The Columbia Expedition.” But this ... http://monomoyick.com/2010/11/18/the-captain-the-council-and-the-creators/