Enlightened Age

  I just finished a course on the History of London, one of the DVD lecture series from The Great Courses. This lecture was 24 half-hour...

As the day of ghosts and ghouls fast approaches, I look into one of the most enduring horror themes: The Vampire. The 18 th Century has a...

It's October, and thoughts turn to goblins and ghouls and gothic horror! I look forward every year to busting out all my favorite creep-...

There are whiskies, and then there are whiskies, and Scotch whisky is a most wonderful treat, an acquired taste, but one well-worth the ex...

I get up very early each morning so that I have some time to think about the day, reflect, plan, work on a project before the day gets crank...

It's October, and Halloween is generally in my thoughts. I love the on-set of the Fall.     I have taken down my Summer door wreath, in ...

Travel, as they say, is broadening. You never know what new thing you will encounter or learn about. When I was recently in Edinburgh, we ...