Pallisades View

View of the Pallisades from the Medieval Cloisters at the New York Metropolitan Museum, where over 200 million years ago the supercontinent Pangea ripped apart.

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Museé de l’Orangerie

The Museé de l’Orangerie was established in 1852 and specializes in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. Claude Monet’s massive murals _Water Lilies_ reside there. I loved…

Roman Swords

Ancient History / September 29, 2023 / Rome, warfare, weapons

Roman swords (here shown is a type called Gladius Hispaniensis). One ancient writer described Ancient Roman training so difficult as to be “bloodless battles” and…

Crabtree Falls, Virginia

Live Reporting, Long 19th- 20th centuries / August 22, 2023 / environmental history, U.S. history, U.S. natural parks

Crabtree Falls, located near the George Washington National Forest in Virginia, is a place of stunning beauty. I got to visit this 1,200-foot waterfall yesterday…

Wickerman Coin

Ancient History / August 20, 2023

When the artist Larry Harvey first set fire to a 9-foot wooden effigy of a man and began a ceremony now celebrated annually at Black…

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