Scott over at Cutthroat Stalker has a nice piece of writing featured on the blog. The post is entitled The Convergence of Canals and Fish.
This particular essay features a nice mix of historical and personal. It is an enjoyable read and it is just the type of thing that I like to read (and aspire to write).
Check it out.

That was very thoughtful–thank you!
Truthfully, I really appreciate the effort that went into that piece. It puts to shame the lazy writing that many of us are guilty of (myself included).