The Old Northwest Notebook

A friend recently clued me in to the existence of a valuable reference for reenactors, historians and anyone who’s interested in the common ...

Samuel Pepys (pronounced "peeps") was a Chief Secretary to the Admiralty and MP during the reign of King Charles II. He's bes...

I've been listening to the unabridged audiobook Children of Dune , one of the sequels that Frank Herbert wrote for his epic novel Dune ....

From the Devil’s Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce: DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself...

Listening to an audio book this afternoon regarding the Enlightenment, I realized that I have not distinguished in my thought between severa...

International Fake Journal Month is an event sort of like National Novel Writing Month , but instead of completing a novel in a month (do...

From wikipedia.org: An éminence grise ( French for " grey eminence ") is a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secr...

Just read this piece in the New York Times about Houghton Mifflin Harcourts plans to publish the "Exegesis" of Philip K Dick. Dic...

Luckily or shrewdly Cervantes had created a new form, which other authors could elaborate and embellish—a maquette for versions of the hum...