Review: In the Hand of Dante: A Novel by Nick Tosches
I’m really ambivalent about this book. I have started it twice, and I can’t get too far into it. I’m a HUGE lover of Dante and the Commedia (I’m writing my Master’s thesis on it!) and I know it quite...
View ArticleFour new inks added
Got four new inks added to the Inks page: Claret, Monaco Red, Burnt Sienna and Imperial Purple, all from Diamine. I think that Monaco is going to be a favorite, and will require a large bottle to be...
View ArticleReview: Poison: A Novel of the Renaissance by Sara Poole
(Note: An Advance Copy was reviewed, final work may differ from the exact text reviewed) First, I must say that my familiarity with Italian history lies far more in the Middle Ages, but 15th C Rome...
View ArticleReview: Unlocking the Torah Text Vayikra (Leviticus) by Shmuel Goldin
Unlocking the Torah Text Vayikra is essentially an explication of the third book of the Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, and is part of a series of similar books on he books of the Torah. Goldin’s work is...
View ArticlePens and such!
Finally got together with a few o the pen folks again, and had a lovely time. One person has some stunning Japanese pens – these may have to go onto my wish list, if maybe not shopping list for this...
View ArticleReview: The Visconti Hours
The Visconti Hours, National Library, Florence (Slipcase Edition) by Millard Meiss This is a gorgeous volume, not quite a facsimile edition, but a richly reproduced selection of plates from one of the...
View ArticleInks, two pens, and a great gathering!
Today I had the privilege of spending a few hours with a terrific (and gratifyingly large) group of fellow pen enthusiasts, courtesy of Kentucky Pen Collectors. While there I was gifted with a...
View ArticleThoughts on Change
Or why the new Classifieds made me see red on FPN! I just wanted to offer a philosophical take on the Classified Kerfluffle over at Fountain Pen Network. Certainly I, along with everyone who has either...
View ArticleReview: Secret Files of the Inquisition (PBS Series)
I am a big fan of PBS in general. So when a documentary series covering the history of the Inquisition and some of the major heretical movements in medieval Europe showed up on my Netflix...
View ArticleBreaking up is hard to do: My thoughts on Mac OS X 10.7, ‘Lion.’
This morning I did something I have never done before. You see, I’ve used Macintosh computers for almost exactly twenty years. I began with a second-hand ‘baby-Mac,’ and old SE30. From there it was a...
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