The View from the Room

5 years ago

It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor…

After great pain, a formal feeling comes

6 years ago

It's graduation season and across the land schools are saying goodbye to students and students are moving along and into…

Bench Warfare: Satanic Panic on the Rail Trail

6 years ago

A favorite place for a walk is the Hudson Valley Rail Trail. There's at least one stretch north of Hopewell…

Celebrating a Trevor Class and a Teacher Retirement

6 years ago

Just a few pictures of very lovely evening at Trevor Day School. Great appreciation to all who helped make this…

Who was May Herschel Clarke?

6 years ago

It started with a tweet from yesterday morning: So off to google where I found the same inaccurate one-line biography…

Innisfree Garden

6 years ago

A beautiful day and Innisfree Garden is open for the season. There is not much left of the house that…

The BWIR, Mutiny and the Men of Taranto: No Parades

6 years ago

Update: 15 October 2020 I've heard from Lyn who is the Project Lead for ‘Away from the Western Front’. ‘No…

The Pentrich Martyrs and Peterloo

6 years ago

I was intrigued when I discovered that I am distantly related to the last person beheaded in England. The year…

This is the Nazi Library

6 years ago

I think it must have been Ann Klotz's quite lovely post that did it. It's about her office and her…

For The Sake Of Example: The story of Pvt. Herbert Morris of the BWIR

6 years ago

 They had all watched him die, in a foreign landA warning to others from the High Command. Forfeits medals (sentenced…