Lore and Literature

The film seems to be set in the Heian period of Japan. A quick glance at the emaki (scrolls with artwork on them) show the fashion and inter...

In the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes, written by A. C. Doyle, Dr. Watson served in the second Afghan War. "The regiment was s...

I was sitting in a Panera talking with my friend, Ren é e, when she told me that she saw many similarities between the life of King David ...

Photo: Edana A. A little list of things one can learn from reading the Sherlock Holmes adventures by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, precluding ...

I love reading books written in the past that are set in present/recent past in relation to the author's life. It's so enlightening ...

Old English looks like Welsh and Icelandic combined.  And yet it looks a bit like German. Speaking of Welsh and Icelandic, double L, ...

I felt like they were my neighbors, my relations, my community, these Icelanders from a thousand years ago. I think it was the style in wh...

On my trip I visited Þ ingvellir. It was beautiful in the setting sun with the yellow grass, the rocks, the many branched river, and the dis...

I'd like to start by saying that this post has nothing to do with the Les Mis é rables film that is coming out in December. I've ne...