Sun, Mar. 5th, 2006, 10:13 am
The Black Death and the Little Ice Age

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Wed, Feb. 15th, 2006, 09:53 am
Plague and Conflict

I finished reading Maria Kelly's History of the Black Death in Ireland on the bus this morning. One of the author's main points is that the plague's effects were not uniform across the population. Read more... )

Fri, Feb. 10th, 2006, 11:08 am
Some people are always thinking about food!

Warning: Somewhat macabre )

Fri, Feb. 10th, 2006, 10:59 am
I must really hate pledge drive!!

When I got up this morning I thought I would drive downtown, so I could stop by [info]colgaffneyis P.O. Box in SE Minneapolis. I would then get to listen to more of Minnesota Public Radio's morning show. Started the car. Turned on the radio....they are having a pledge drive. Decided I would rather take the bus and read a book. The book: Read more... )

BTW, I am a pledging member of MPR.