Book Review: The Colour of Treason

The Colour of Treason by S. M. Harrison A Studied Look at the Kingmaker  "They have but two rulers in England: Monsieur de Warwick and another whose name I have forgotten."–The Governor of Abbeville, letter written March 1464 to King Louis XI, King of France For those familiar with the major players within the Wars of the Roses, the …

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Alaska Day Book Review: Remembering an Extraordinary Arctic Rescue

The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure by Martin W. Sandler [Alaska Day banner to be replaced]   In March of 1867, after a long and arduous debate resulting in what was then labeled “Seward’s Folly,” the United States acquired by purchase from Russia the Alaska Territory. Later that year, on …

Flashback Friday: Hiraeth

Tonight brings us once more to memories, those which have been lingering since some weeks now as if they are starved for attention. In this time, largely because some of my child's interests and questions have transported me back to when I was his age, recalling what I spent my time doing and reading about, …

Bonding With Books: Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer

Every year at the start of school I gift my son his Schultüte, a small gift bag with goodies, school supplies, etc., a sort of “welcome to the new school year” packet of treats. It has evolved from the traditional cone to a gift bag, partly because he adores those sacks, but also because from …