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A few years ago two articles circulated among my friends and historical role-play buffs, both about a couple who chose to live like it was the late 1800s, full-time. The original article on Vox was written by Sarah A. Chrisman, one of the people involved, in which she explained why she and her husband chose …
In an earlier post, I wrote about the etymology of the English words for the days of the week. As we saw there, those words have their origin (for the most part) in the names of some of the main deities of the Germanic pantheon. In this post weโll look at the names of the …
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A small town in rural Minnesota. A family struggling with a history of alcoholism, mental illness and suicide. And snow - lots and lots of it. The Center of Winter is Marya Hornbacherโs first novel, but she is no stranger to writing on sensitive topics: her first book was much acclaimed Wasted: A Memoir of …
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