Today marks the 250th anniversary of this experiment we call the United States of America. I'd like to preface this post by stating that I am a patriot, but not a nationalist, and as a historian, I take the view that we need to approach the past with
But every day, my mind is working on writing Let's take a quick beat to identify that for the context of this post, writing means putting words on the page, researching, planning, etc. Actually working with the story with one's hands. I don't do
There's a trend that has marked my whole adult life thus far: Build a structure, solve a puzzle or problem, live with it for a couple of weeks and then itch to break free and build a new structure (that will inevitably house me happily for another fortnight
Most of the time, I practice Western Hellenistic astrology, meaning zodiacal signs aligned with the seasons (tropical astrology) with ancient understandings of planetary rulers. In other words, what most people here in the West think of when they think of astrology. There’s a lot about ourselves we can learn
I hate referencing research notes whilst I write