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Hello, Reader

Since I wrote last month, I've added a new personal title - grandad. She's barely a week old, so we're just getting to know one another, but I can already tell that she's pretty awesome. We may be making the trip into Houston a tad more often since she's not yet able to drive. Judging by my longtime observation of other Houston drivers, you need to be at least seven years old.

New to View

The new history podcast, Prick the Balloon, is sailing right along. There are now four episodes to check out. A new one on US Grant, mentioned in the subject line, and one on the Hollywood Blacklist that may change your opinion on some of your favorite old actors, though I personally am more of a separate the performance from the performer type guy in most cases. If you like the podcast, I'll request that you become a follower of it. I'd really appreciate it if you could. Those types of metrics mean a lot and you can help with just a single, free click. You can find the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or other platforms. You can also get there through my website or the podbean landing page. I hope to add a little collateral material for each episode on my website soon.

What I'm Working On

The details on my next continuing education history course at Rice University are all set. They have not started advertising it yet, but I can tell you it will be offered live online once a week from mid March to early May. The topic is Undertold Texas, a curated collection of people, places and events in Texas history that you should know more about. It will be fun. As long as I am creating this new eight-week course, I'm going to do a book version that should be available about the same time as the course launches, I hope. I'll share registration details when those go live.

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