Odd Bits
What’s in a Name?
Dear Marginalia: I could use a little help from you. Some virtual brainstorming. I’m getting organized to start a newsletter.* The plan is that it will be a way to share– well–news. When there isn’t news to share, I’ll write about research and writing, etc. And maybe give you a peak at what’s on the…
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Supper at Sea in the Age of Sail
This summer I’ve had the pleasure of working with Fen Truitt. Fen is a student at Trinity College in Dublin. She’s interested in art, architecture, literature, music, hiking, and history–just for starters. In short, she fits in well here on the Margins, as you’ll see in the guest blog post below. (Please note that the…
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Choosing (Historical) Sides
Recently a friend of mine texted me from Culloden in Scotland*–the battlefield where the Duke of Cumberland routed Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite forces and effectively ended the Jacobite cause. (Charles was later involved in a half-hearted French plan to invade England in 1759, but it came to naught.) She wanted to know if I wanted…
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