Enjoying the Florida Sunshine and started a new book: “Area 51”
Posted By RichC on February 13, 2025
Brenda and I have been thoroughly enjoying the surprisingly nice early February weather and escape from winter up north — and we are living The Life of Riley (a previous reference that I can’t get out of my mind).
I’ve finished “Killing the Rising Sun” and have picked up a Annie Jacobsen book (previous was her “Nuclear War: A Scenario”) after reading about Operation Crossroads and atomic testing in the Pacific after World War II. The 2011 book is a Kindle copy of, “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” and introduces readers to scientists and engineers who worked in Area 51 in Nevada. The book addresses the Roswell UFO incident and covers a few of the explanations we’ve all heard through the years (still questionable). After the first couple of chapters, it has grabbed my attention … and even knowing that there are plenty of critics … I’m looking forward to learning a little more about this base and part of our country’s secretive Cold War history.
Google Maps view of Area 51 in Nevada – 75 miles north of Las Vegas
Edit add: After finishing this “books” post, my daughter sent me a “bloggable” topic on putting aside distractions. A quote from “Gen Z, Fight ‘Brain Rot’ by Reading Books” is probably pretty fitting for all of us with smartphones: My phone addiction took away my ability to sit in silence, focus for any length of time, or engage deeply with anything meaningful. As Oxford Press might put it, I was a victim of “brain rot.”
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