Joan of Arc

The strange life of Joan of Arc as told by Mark Twain.

Uyghurs and Genocide by the Chinese Communist Party

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The Burning Babe

A Christmas Poem by Robert Southwell

King Wamba

Dear Friends,

Let me tell you about the fantastic career of King Wamba. He was a Visigoth king of Spain from 672–680 A.D. The Visigoths had a devil of a time trying to have a system of stable succession. Usually, the king tried to hand it on to his son, but then someone would…

Al-Andalus was not Paradise

Be so very glad, Friends, that we are free in a tolerant country!

Noah

Dear Friends,

Oh my goodness! I cannot believe I keep forgetting to post! There are so many thing happening in my life…

Star of the Sea

Dear Friends,

As you know if you’ve been reading this blog for the past year and a half, I lived in…

Trees

Thank God for fresh air and trees!

Dream of the Rood

A Beautiful Old English Poem

El Cid

Dear Friends,

My life has become substantially more busy over the past couple of weeks due to new jobs and projects…