Seems I'm using this as a place to brag and to post Classically Educated updates...  but the reason for that is that life has been hectic, but not in ways that merit any blogging.  No fun new stuff to report, so I'm staying quiet ( Read more... )

For those of you who read Tuesday's article and wanted to know where things went from there, we have published the second part of "From Chancellor to Führer" on Classically Educated.  You can read it here.

msstacy13's brilliant historical novel continues to produce gems, and the latest excerpt brings us an intimate look at a crucial time in Hitler's rise to power. You can read all about it here, at Classically Educated.

As a writer, I'm predictably fascinated by all the behind-the-scenes stuff that goes into making a book, so when I got a guest post from a publisher about this exact topic for Classically Educated, I was delighted.  You can read all about it, hereAlso, the planets seemed to have aligned and I found myself writing tons of words suddenly (more than ( Read more... )

Well, not actual musings, but at leats the reflection that Wednesdays before weekends that run from Thursday to Sunday are better than other Wednesdays ( Read more... )

Our most recent post over at Classically Educated deals with the 1945 noir film Laura, in which the notable thing to modern audiences has very little to do with the central plot ( Read more... )

I really love it when someone who has guest-posted at CE decides to come back with another article.  It shows that the experience was enjoyable and worth repeating.  LJ's own msstacy13 is such a person, and the author of our most recent post, Maria Evangelina Vázquez is another.  In this post, she takes a look at the new Tim Burton film, Big Eyes - and ( Read more... )

We've uploaded the second part of our Rheinland article by msstacy13, which focuses on Germany's arms buildup in the years prior to WW2 - and explains many of the reasons that the rest of Europe allowed it to happen.  You can read the full story here.

The fist part of msstacy13's excellent piece on the Rheinland - focusing on political maneuvering in the years before WW2 - is up on Classically Educated.  I think you'll both enjoy and learn from this one!

As always comments welcome there or here!

So, Baron H, the net's most notorious undead blogger makes his reappearance on Classically Educated.  His resolutions list, a bit unconventional, of course, is late, but interesting.  You can read it here.