Morte d’Arthur – A question of sources by Esther Lombardi 06/01/2023 0 Le Morte d'Arthur (or Le Morte Darthur, as originally spelled), is Sir Thomas Malory's series of reinvented tales about King ...
Time for Change by Esther Lombardi 03/14/2016 0 Daylight Saving Time is supposed to be a good thing, right? We chose to do this. It wasn't always this ...
Why Jane Eyre? by Esther Lombardi 03/17/2016 0 I like to look at the titles of books -- to muse about why the title was chosen, and what ...
A New Voice for Alice? by Esther Lombardi 07/11/2016 0 We're always intrigued by the latest audible iterations on our favorite classics. It's even more exciting when stars like Scarlett ...
Who was Harper Lee? by Esther Lombardi 06/01/2024 0 Harper Lee was one of the most famous writers of her time--known for To Kill a Mockingbird, a controversial novel ...
Abraham Lincoln — Man for All Ages (& Legends) by Esther Lombardi 02/17/2016 0 We remember Abraham Lincoln, and his image is inextricably linked with his statue. Cold, stark and unmoving -- he is ...
Founding Japan by Esther Lombardi 03/14/2016 0 Feb 11, 660 BC, is the date traditionally associated with the founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇 Jimmu-Tenno, meaning ...
Farewell Laura Ingalls Wilder by Esther Lombardi 07/29/2018 0 This is the day Laura Ingalls Wilder died. That fact strikes us with some sense of finality and loss, even ...
Happy Chinese New Year by Esther Lombardi 02/09/2016 0 Yes, for many of us, the New Year has already come and gone. But, February 8th brings a different kind ...
What does a groundhog bring? by Esther Lombardi 02/22/2016 0 Everyone knows what it means when a groundhog peeps out of his burrow, on February 2nd, and sees his shadow. ...