“July is dressed up:” Mid-summer hiatus.
Is the jasmine in bloom? I can't smell it, but whatever.
Latest
Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.
Interiors: Kitchen of Roman-era house of Lucius Maticeius Clemens, 4th c. CE.
The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran.
Historic Painting: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by John Forrest, 2012.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.”
The ship that sank a neighborhood: the General Slocum disaster.
The Verge
Interiors: Kitchen of Roman-era house of Lucius Maticeius Clemens, 4th c. CE.
Historic Painting: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by John Forrest, 2012.
The ship that sank a neighborhood: the General Slocum disaster.
Interiors: Classroom in a school in Palamuse, rural Estonia, circa 1890s.
Not a “good” bad movie: Revisiting “The Room” and its terrible human failings.
Historic Photo: First class dining room of the ocean liner Grosser Kurfürst, 1905.
Standing the test: “Somewhere In Time’s” romantic audacity.
The Outer Garden
“July is dressed up:” Mid-summer hiatus.
Is the jasmine in bloom? I can't smell it, but whatever.
The idiocy and futility of conflict with Iran.
My secret profession: Am I actually a CIA agent?
Historian vs. AI: The technology sucks and is basically a scam.
Nuclear war: The existential threat we don’t talk about.
Nothingburger: The 2025 JFK Assassination document dump.
Historic Painting: “Katharsis” by José Clemente Orozco, 1934.
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: The American Revolution, In Its Own Words.
My latest video is a compilation of eyewitness accounts from founding of the United States.
The book(s) I’m working on: “Faraway Star” and “Wild Among the Moons.”
Behind the Scenes: Mexico in World War II.
Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
Behind the Scenes: 1981, Britain’s Awful Year.
Behind the Scenes: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Explained & Deconstructed.
