Shout It Out Monday – History
I began reading Twilight of History by Shlomo Sand. Wow, is it going to be a thinker! The short preface …
Category Archives: History
Refuse Rebel Resist
What a glorious day it was at the St Paul capitol yesterday! The weather was not bad for January, a …
Founding Gardeners
Who knew that gardening could be such a political thing? That a gardening philosophy could have such an impact on …
The Gardener of Versailles
The Gardener of Versailles by Alain Baraton is a delightful book whether you are interested in gardening or Versailles. Baraton …
Dangerous
I am merrily reading The Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf and let me just say that approaching history through gardening …
Poetry Sleeps and Opera Steps into the Limelight
Can you bear one more post about Crisis of the European Mind, 1680-1715? I promise it is the last. Spending …
The World Enters Perpetual Beta
What is our business here in this world? To learn about the Creator by learning as much as we can …
History, an Exercise in Imagination
You know one of the most difficult things when reading history, especially an intellectual history, is understanding just how revolutionary …
Crisis of the European Mind
Please excuse me while I do a little happy dance over finishing The Crisis of the European Mind by Paul …
Some History of Greek Tragedy
To continue from yesterday with things I have learned from An Introduction to Greek Tragedy by Ruth Scodel. The history …
