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Prophecies and Penalties Chapter 18, and a short vacation
Emily Fisher’s investigation of the murder of High Council member Stephen Nash has taken a giant leap forward, which makes her happy. On the other hand, that leap implicates her sister Elsie, and...
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Chapter 20 of Prophecies and Penalties
For Emily Fisher, bumping into people has ceased to be a figure of speech. She’d tell you it’s not her fault; she’s not normally clumsy, but between being shot at and taking paths that defy geography,...
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Chapter 21 of Prophecies and Penalties, whippings and prisons
A whipping? Emily Fisher has never attended one, and never meant to. But a man is being whipped because he spat on her, and the community expects Emily to witness justice. But it is not just the...
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For love of maps
The cover design has become simpler and features a color photograph usually, but it’s the same magazine I grew up a map fiend. No, this is not a statement of my spiritual status, but instead a...
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It is good to be the king
Others will never be royals, but I already am! (Photo credit: Hendrik Sendelbach) Today’s the 37th birthday of the heir to the throne of Sweden (Happy birthday, Vicky!) and tomorrow’s the 329th...
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The trial, Chapter 25 of Prophecies and Penalties, and Queen Caroline’s trial
It was a different scandal, and a different court, but it was still a trial The trial is on! Defendant: Emily Fisher. Charges: Demonolatry, corrupting the young. Court: the High Council of the Children...
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Freedom of the blog
Zenger’s trial It was on this date in 1735 that a jury, in contravention to established law, acquitted Peter Zenger of libel against the colonial governor of New York, on the grounds that the so-called...
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Going historical, going pirate, adding a blog
As some of you know, I have a string of degrees, some even in related subjects, to follow my name when I bother to use them. (I rarely bother, though when I’m feeling snooty, I sometimes insist on...
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Bicycle travels: Nashua River Rail Trail
Harnessing the power of the river This story begins almost two centuries ago, when the mills came to New England. They built great cities; Waltham and Lowell were but the first. And these cities sat on...
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Inspiration in a letter from the past
Just today I stumbled across a letter I had long forgotten, a letter I wrote my parents on their 39th wedding anniversary. That was over 23 years ago. They saved it.♥ There was one passage that...
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