Had the first meeting of the Sunday Wander Society. 4 of us - all experienced wanderers - met at the corner of Stockholm and Onderdonk in Ridgewood, near the border between Queens and Brooklyn. One of us dug some dice out of her bag and said "In case we
by Dan Flag, Oct 30, 2025
Before the lawyers and treaties and the Court of International Trade, Manhattan and the surrounding area had a very different set of diplomatic rituals. For centuries before the arrival of Europeans, the Lenape and surrounding indigenous groups used wampum to strengthen ties between groups. Wampum is mostly made from the
by Dan Flag, Oct 26, 2025