(A hat tip to  Mali , whose post " 2016: Looking back on the blog " has inspired me to do the same for the past three years. Also ...

Time for another Year in Review post for 2019!  I started doing this year-end meme 9 (!) years ago -- and, although many of the answers don...

It was Christmas Eve at my parents' house, and my mother had brought up the box that contains all of our Christmas stockings from the ...

In " Women & Power: A Manifesto ," Mary Beard ponders "just how deeply embedded in Western culture are the mechanisms t...

The time until our departure to points west for the holidays is rapidly approaching. I'm happy that almost all of my shopping is done (...

We've been having a lot of fun spending time with our adorable little Great-Nephew, and we got to do a lot of it this weekend. Sunday ...

" The Baker's Daughter " is the  D.E. Stevenson  novel that has stuck most prominently in my memory since the first time I r...