Outflanked, beaten, and bewildered
“Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible. And when you strike and overcome him, never let up in pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; Continue Reading →
Category Archives: History
Thanksgiving 2025
It’s Thanksgiving and also the First Sunday of Advent. (1) 2026 FIFA World Cup pots: December 5 draw structure announced for groups in next summer’s tournament (CBS SPORTS) (1a) Southampton Continue Reading →
Weekend 649.0
“…for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.” (1) Coin (Noble) Showing Henry VI (The Met) (2) Notable on X:
National Lighthouse Day
A quote from Bermuda’s Story by Terry Tucker: “For a long time it had been very plain that there would continue to be many shipwrecks around our coasts unless a Continue Reading →
Weekend 648.0 (…things are upside down and in the air.)
(1) Inside Brompton: a pioneering provider of folding bicycles for fifty years (Wallpaper) (2) History has a rhythm and this is eerily relevant. A quote from The Brothers York: An Continue Reading →
Weekend 647.0 (…the pigment that colors the eyes of the lovers that betray you.)
(1) Reading With Jane Austen (The Imaginative Conservative) (2) The Great Bullion Famine: When Europe’s money ran out (Glint) (2a) A quote from The Brothers York by Thomas Penn: “There Continue Reading →
Weekend 646.0 (‘Perdition cometh!’)
“For all its convenience, it [The London Orbital] is a route to nowhere, a road which simply connects to other roads.” “Looking back at the line’s history as I write, Continue Reading →
Has it been a good one?
“It is foolishness to assume that times past were better than the present.” A post full of melancholy to match the gray and rain. (1) Lyrics from The Lumineers: The Continue Reading →
Weekend 640.0
“I have said time and again there is no place on this earth to which I would not travel, there is no chore I would not undertake if I had Continue Reading →
Midweek Grab Bag
(1) OTDH: Robert E. Lee surrenders (History) (2) Paul Dukas, a Sorcerer, and a Mouse (The Imaginative Conservative) (3) Best of X for the day: