The other day was absolutely glorious, and I took a few glower photos around Toronto with the good weather and the beautiful light. This one is the only one that I really lliked of the lot--a pot of crocus sitting on someone's porch on Harboard street--I think it makes for a rather compelling shot, and I have it sized (1600x1200) for a background ( Read more... )

I have improved the Latin Scrabble website by adding a forum, so that everyone may now leave notes and converse with those, present or otherwise, that are interested in our dorky enterprise. The URL is www.larkvi.com/forum or one can just get there from the link on the main Latin Scrabble page: www.larkvi.com/latin_scrabbleMy website is running ( Read more... )

Taken from jabber, by way of piratehead1. Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

I am going to try to update this more while I am off AIM/regular correspondence, for those whom I usually keep in touch with by such means. Perhaps, if I start becoming regular, I might even maintain a schedule of better than one post a week in the future ( Read more... )

After much delay, I have finally updated the website to reflect rounds 4 and 5, and congratulate this year's Scrabblator Optimus. www.larkvi.com

I am currently researching a paper about bees, and have acquired a reputation as something of a bee-man, at least temporarily. The medieval and classical associations with bees are both interesting and varied, and I thought I might post a few, since owlfish has listed on her page that I "Sometimes" speak of Medieval topics in my journal, and I thus feel ( Read more... )

Biblical Warning Labels

A bit of irreverant humour for all the cynics out there:
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/labels.html