Internet Archive Day: Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages Saved to the Wayback Machine

Happy Internet Archive Day, 22 October 2025.

Did you know October 22 was Internet Archive Day?

A special day to celebrate one trillion web pages saved to the Wayback Machine (one of my favorite sites!), the Internet Archive held a global event with a livestreamed party at their San Francisco, California headquarters.

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Photo of the Week: Juvenile Red-Winged Blackbird

A streaky dark brown bird with pale eyebrow and orange/buff spot on the shoulder perches on the gray-weathered wood of the boardwalk, muted cattail reeds and a blurry male Red-winged Blackbird with bright red epaulet on its shoulder in the background.

When it comes to birding and bird identification, I seem to learn something new every day. It’s one of the things I enjoy most about birding, and it keeps me humble.

I saw this beautiful bird at Kensington Metropark, perched on the boardwalk railing as I was searching for the elusive Virgina Rail in the mass of cattails.

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Love Books? Consider Alternatives to Amazon

Wooden bookshelf filled with paperback and hardcover books.

I love books.

I’ve always loved books. I still have my children’s dictionary from when I was in first grade.

As well as dozens of paperbacks I read when I was in high school and college.

I would spend hours at the public library. In college, I worked at the university library as well as the public library.

When I volunteered at our public schools, I naturally found my way to volunteer at the school library. Continue reading Love Books? Consider Alternatives to Amazon