It’s rare that archeology finds specific material about secondary characters, but in this case it seems to have happened. A tomb recently discovered in Rome bears an inscription identifying as belong to Marcus Nonius Macrinus, who inspired the main character in the movie Gladiator . You can read the full story via the link provided….
I always like finding fiction on the internet where I don’t expect it. Check out this short-short, Armageddon Hour. (From the Moderate Christian Blogroll.
Just last night I was watching video of Midsomer and wondering what the murder rate must be and how anyone could live there. It’s good to see someone else sees the problem! Somebody ought to do something! Soon!
I’m a sucker for light reading that involves cats and mystery, so how could I possibly not enjoy Carole Nelson Douglas’s Midnight Louie mysteries? This latest book finds Max Kinsella missing and Temple Barr getting engaged to Matt Devine, while the Fontana brothers are all kidnapped, and generally all hell is breaking loose all over….
This is another British (at least BBC, set in Ireland) show that I discovered recently and really enjoyed. It follows the adventures of a young priest from Manchester assigned to a parish in Ireland in the town of Ballykissangel. His supervisor is somewhat conservative and doesn’t always appreciate his approach to ministry, but the villagers…
I love British mystery series, in just about any period. Over the weekend I discovered a new one, to me, though it’s been around for some time and I missed it. This is Campion, set in the 1930s, with another of those kind of standard eccentric aristocratic detectives, complete with slightly mysterious butler. I would…
Tlisli* struggled to wake up. It felt a little like when she had been a small child and had almost drowned in the river. She had wanted to breathe, but couldn’t. She had struggled toward the surface, but it never seemed be there. As she struggled, images passed through her mind. She was struggling through…
The poem Sleeping Cat.
“Daddy!” The boy pulled on his father’s uniform shirt. “Yes, son?” “Why are they burning that lady?” “Because she committed adultery.” “Oh.” “Daddy!” The boy pulled on his father’s shirt again. “Yes?” Less patient this time. “I thought you testified at the trial that she couldn’t have done it because she wasn’t there.” “Well, Father…
April Lorier provides a poetic adaptation of Psalm 91 that I really appreciate. It is not a matter of theology, translation, or Biblical exegesis, but rather the fact that the message of the Psalm is expressed personally in a way that touched her heart, and in turn touches mine. This is one element of Bible…
