Odd Bits – Page 45 – History in the Margins

From the Archives: In which I consider soccer, or at least books about soccer

By Pamela | July 17, 2018 |

I first ran this in 2014. Looks like it’s time to run it again. The World Cup is over and some of you are suffering from soccer* withdrawal. Unlikely though it may seem to those of you who know me in real life,I have some reading suggestions that will let you feed both lingering soccer…

History on Display: The Vikings Begin

By Pamela | July 13, 2018 |

While we were at Mystic Seaport, we were lucky enough to see an exhibit titled The Vikings Begin: Treasures from Uppsala University, Sweden. Curated by the Gustavianum Museum at Uppsala University, the exhibit is based on a ten-year research project that began in 2016. Known as “The Viking Phenomenon”, the project is designed to study…

Happy Fourth of July

By Pamela | July 3, 2018 |

Here in the United States, we’re heading into the July 4th holiday–a holiday that expands or contracts depending on where in the week in falls. It’s also a holiday where the meaning of what we are celebrating is often lost in the celebration itself. In the past I’ve used this post to remind all of…