Okay, not AS productive as I'd hoped, but the book I finished was really dense. And I couldn't whip through it because I LOVE IT! I find myself so inspired by the Annales school, even if the movement is already over ( Read more... )

Re: the term "Dark Ages" : “In a technical sense the darkness of their term refers not so much to the barbarity of the epoch as it does to the obscurity which hides its events from the historian’s eyes.”
-Gerberding, The Rise of the Carolingians, 3.

Lots of Latin Paleography! I worked on a much harder manuscript this morning and looked up LOTS of abbreviations. Let me give you an example of what I'm working with. Those medievals sure love their abbreviated symbols!


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Yesterday was just a ton of FUN ( Read more... )

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Not sure what to do with myself right now, so I'm making lunch. Rice and peas - a Moenning family classic. Anyway, today I paid my first credit card bill - in full immediately - so I'm feelin' good about keeping organized with my money ( Read more... )

Today was very FUN ( Read more... )

So, after many times of wanting to, I've finally left a comment on the got medieval guy's blog. He had an anecdote asking for the 7 most important words/concepts associated with the Middle Ages. The playful word challenge came after he asked a group of yale students to think of words associated with "medieval," and all they could think of were ( Read more... )

I finished my Door Decs! All that's left is to put the names on them. And yes Julia, they ARE corn cobs, and I had a lot of fun making them. They say "Welcome to Cornell" And the "corn" part of Cornell is underlined. I'M SUCH A LOSER AND I LOVE PUNS ( Read more... )

Jerome Shostak dies, teacher and author of Vocabulary Workshop ( Read more... )