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Sunday, September 21, 2014

In praise of older writers

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Last night my husband and I attempted to watch a movie.  Within the first few minutes it became obvious that it was a young people's ...
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Friday, September 12, 2014

A Researcher's Rant (or: Why won't all those dates hold still?!?)

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  In my home I currently have 28 books about the life of Saint Francis of Assisi (including four library books and four on my Kindle). ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

St. Julian: TripAdvisor of the middle ages, or Lizzie Borden meets the Bates Motel?

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St. Julian the Hospitaller (Piero della Francesca) A medieval traveler with many miles ahead of him needed to give some thought to his ...
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Sunday, August 3, 2014

On Seizing Serendipity (Guest post by Debra Atwood)

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 Today I'd like to introduce a guest post by Deb Atwood, author of Moonlight Dancer , a timeslip novel rich in Korean history and the...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Rome's talking statues - the Abbot, the waterseller, and the baboon

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Rome, 1572 It's threes all the way:  In Part 3 of this three-part post on the Talking Statues of Rome, we will talk about three st...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Talking Statues 2: Marforio and Madama Lucrezia

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Marforio, in the Musei Capitolini In Part 2 of this three-part post on the Talking Statues of Rome, we will talk about Marforio and Mad...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014

A Congregation of Wits

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Pasquino In Renaissance Rome, poetry was a weapon.  Free speech was not exactly a commonly-held value in those days – at least not by t...
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