The Pickled Cucumber

I’m Joshua Rigsby

I like to write about writing, parenting, 19th century tea clipper races, and pickles. Read on.

ABOUT PICKLES

Why Pickles, & also Why Blog at All?

A fair question. I’m not really sure the answer. I like the backhanded tautology of it. A pickled cucumber is just a pickle. Not that deep. Just mildly funny. I’m not sure what to tell you.

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Why Pickles, and also, Why Blog at All?

Joshua Rigsby

January 6, 2025

I can hear you asking. I can hear the incredulity whirring behind your crinkled eyebrows. Why, exactly, would someone restart a blog? A blog? A web-log? You say. Seems a […] Continue Reading →
Learn to Sail LA’s Official Tall Ships (For Free!)

Joshua Rigsby

October 5, 2015

My love of tall ships goes back a ways, but given my recent research dive into the great tea races, it’s taken on an outsized portion of my attention lately. […] Continue Reading →
Early American Dominance in the Great Tea Races

Joshua Rigsby

September 7, 2015

There are many factors that lead up to the world famous tea clipper races in the mid 19th century, where merchant companies raced each other three quarters of the way […] Continue Reading →
Roughly 5,280 Reasons America Should Have Gone Metric A Long Time Ago

Joshua Rigsby

August 22, 2015

Defining Our Terms: Metric vs. Ye Olde English If you’ve been to elementary school in the United States, you’ve encountered the metric system. As you’ll remember, it’s a system based […] Continue Reading →
In Defense of the MFA: My Story

Joshua Rigsby

July 6, 2015

I have decided to pursue an MFA in creative writing. Lots of people in the writing / publishing world have strong opinions about MFAs. Not all of them favorable. Here’s […] Continue Reading →