Three years ago, my husband and I moved from our urban setting near Washington, D.C. to a decidedly suburban environment in Ohio. This brought about a number of changes in …
Category: Society
B.B. Warfield in Dayton
When it comes to the history of Dayton, Ohio, my home for the past three years, there is pretty much one name that you need to know: Wright, as in …
“The Chronicle of Maud: Fracture” Awaits Your Vote On Kindle Scout
Yes, it’s true: I wrote a novel. In fact, it is the first in a series of three novels that tell the life story of Empress Maud of England, also …
Being Female in the Era of Trump
In light of the events of the past few days (here I refer not to the AFC and NFC Championship Games, but to the Presidential Inauguration and Women’s March on …
The Reformer Who Wrote Erotic Poetry
History is full of odd tales, and nowhere more so than during the Protestant Reformation. We have, for example, the much beloved story of how Martin Luther’s future wife, Katharina …
How Becoming a Buckeye Changed Me
The world is full of conversion tales: people who switched from Christianity to Islam, Democrats who decided to become Republicans, Samsung fanboys who ran to the Apple store when their …
The Best and Worst Christmas Songs
It’s that time of year when you listen to so much Christmas music that by December 26th, you’ll be begging for it to stop, wondering how you ever became so …
My Reaction to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Dear Friends: The following contains some genuine political opinions, and while it is not meant to be an attack on anyone or anything, if you have simply had enough …
The Traitors in my Family
In this week just after Guy Fawkes Day, when the entirety of the American populace stands ready to go at each other with torch and pitchfork, it seems appropriate that …
Revising (and Reviving) History through Fiction
“History takes a long time for us to reach.” That rather obvious statement was made by a former president of the United States, George W. Bush, when reflecting upon …