The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery.
Just Out
This publication includes previously unpublished first-hand accounts from my father of conditions in Germany between September 1944 and May 1945.
Classical Sunday: Schütz’s Schwanengesang
Beautiful, and somewhat haunting.
(Neo-) Classical Sunday: Braveheart – Sound of Freedom
Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical fiction war film directed and co-produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays William Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior. The film depicts the life of Wallace leading the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England.
45 Years Ago Tonight
And every man knew, as the Captain did, too, / T'was the witch of November come stealing.
Remember this:
Is Halloween Pagan?
Remembering Our Ancestors: The Small Things
There is so much to know about our ancestors, and the small things are often the most wonderful.
Short Story: July
And thus they rise.
Into the Woods: Beech Leaf Disease
Globalization kills.