A word of tree, a whisper of stone

Two hundred thirty one years ago this Sunday, exactly on July 20, 1783 (which also happened to be a Sunday) the Reverend Jón Steingrímsson...

Meet “Alois of Arabia” - politically unsuccessful and today virtually unknown rival of Lawrence of Arabia.      His full name and titles...

Fully furnished Assyrian military tent with some domesticated animals around.   Summer is coming and with it comes an opportunity to ...

It was a hot, muggy July afternoon in New York City. I was on my way to a pastoral visit, carrying a heavy bouquet of white roses. I l...

Please meet my friends Chirp and Tweet. In Spring 2009, when we still lived in upstate, this couple of House Finches resolved to built th...

Divine Guitar? Yes indeed, and literally so! There were times in the Ancient Near East when Guitar really was a god. You can find him on th...

The other day I overheard my wife’s Skype conversation with her mother. They were paging together through our internet-based photo-album ...