Washington D.C., for all its terrible traffic, was a planned city. The core of the city was put on a grid. Number streets going North-South, with letter streets going East to West, and just for fun, Diagonal Streets named after …
The following I wrote for a Grad Class, I liked it so much I wanted to share. Things that are not together…but should be… I followed my first instinct and looked at the collection of the British Museum, where a …
The Beard of the Sphinx and the Dream Stele of Thutmose IV Read more »
Latin is a dead language As dead as it can be It killed all the Romans And now it’s killing me All are dead who wrote it All are dead who spoke it All die who learn it Blessed death …
I wrote the following just after the “Brexit” vote, as the “Brexit” is back in the news,it seems appropriate to repost this here on the blog: (The British High Court now says Parliament has to be the one to start …
Life has been very crazy for me in 2016. My wife and I had a child, and I switched jobs. Updates to the site are coming soon as is a new blog post! Thank you to everyone who has continued …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today is a day to celebrate not so much Irish national pride, but a view of a shared Irish heritage, which is why St. Patrick’s Day has transcended purely being about Irish nationalism. Like I …
On February 14th we use chocolates and flowers to celebrate the beheading of St. Valentine… that seems a bit odd… The Catholic church has, over 2000 years, made every day of the year the feast day of one saint or …
When visiting Paris, visitors want to take in the great sites of the city. Even if they do not know much about the City of Light, they will know, by reputation, a handful of sites: The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, …
Lately I have been thinking about songs that are played on singular days and for singular occasions. The two that sort of bubbled to the surface in my mind are “The Graduation Song,” more properly known as “Pomp and Circumstance,” …
I am often befuddled when I see neighbors taking down the Christmas decoration before the new year… Often there are statements of “blank slates” and “new starts,” but my reaction is, Christmas is not over! For me, the decorations and …
On the 12th Day of Christmas…The Three Kings Arrived Read more »
