Makes One Wonder…

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This publication includes previously unpublished first-hand accounts from my father of conditions in Germany between September 1944 and May 1945.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.

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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.