Good morning. I have just a few links for you this weekend. Historical highlights touch on a map of Detroit,… Read more Historical Highlights #057
Month: September 2016
Favourite Things: September Edition
For me September was a month of travel: planning and packing; flying to New Brunswick for a wedding, then to… Read more Favourite Things: September Edition
“Make the best of what remains of my day”
While on vacation earlier this month I reread The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, which won the Booker Prize in… Read more “Make the best of what remains of my day”
Historical Highlights #056
Historical highlights for the first week of fall coming right up! Read about broadside ballads, textiles, art criticism, real estate,… Read more Historical Highlights #056
Poetry in Context: “Indian Summer”
Are you as excited as I am that tomorrow is the autumnal equinox? Last October I shared one of my… Read more Poetry in Context: “Indian Summer”
Charlotte Bronte on the First World’s Fair
It’s been a while since I posted anything from this book that had been living unopened on my bookshelf for… Read more Charlotte Bronte on the First World’s Fair
Historical Highlights #055
I’m still on vacation (until tomorrow), so this historical highlights post will be brief. Happy reading. “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Public… Read more Historical Highlights #055
Madeleine L’Engle on Being a Christian Writer
I recently posted a list of thought-provoking quotations from Donald Miller on living our lives as stories. In a similar… Read more Madeleine L’Engle on Being a Christian Writer
Four Picture Books About Medieval Bookmaking
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I love discovering historical picture books. I find them… Read more Four Picture Books About Medieval Bookmaking
Historical Highlights #054
This week’s historical highlights feature Shakespeare events, World War II communications, Ancient Egyptian fossil collections, the first British newspaper in… Read more Historical Highlights #054
Colonial Views of Slavery: Evangelical Christians
In this guest post by Lori Ferguson we learn about the views of slavery of Evangelical Christians in the second… Read more Colonial Views of Slavery: Evangelical Christians
You found what in the attic?!
You may have noticed that it’s a dream of mine to stumble across a previously unknown manuscript by a famous… Read more You found what in the attic?!
Historical Highlights #053
Good morning, readers. I think you’ll enjoy these historical highlights that touch on education, geology, archaeology, statistics, language… and toilets.… Read more Historical Highlights #053