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Review: Jenny Robertson’s Hoist House

In underground mining, a hoist is the machinery that makes possible the movement from the aboveground world to the world below. Some hoists were once powered by steam; now they are all electric. The world’s largest steam hoisting engine is housed in northern Michigan, and the shaft hoist house itself appears on the state andContinue reading “Review: Jenny Robertson’s Hoist House”

Home place: 2022 book list

I build my house up on this rock, babyEvery day with youThere’s nothin’ in that town I needAfter everything we’ve been through – Brandi Carlile I have lost track of the number of times I’ve watched the movies in the “Cars” franchise this year. Add to this the very short animated films in the universeContinue reading “Home place: 2022 book list”