ובכל זאת חסרה לי ארתמיס. כמנהגה, הייתה ארתמיס לבושה לעתים כאיילת ולפעמים כזאבה. בכל זאת, לא הייתה מצליחה לשטות בי, כי בזוית עינה היה אותו ברק שאופייני רק לה. אז בלילו של פן האש הוקדה ודלקה ימים כלילות עד אשר דעכה. מאז נדלקו וכבו להבות רבות. לפעמים אני נתקל בה בפינת הרחוב, מבנה גופה חינני ועגלגל כשל ארנבת, פניה כשל שועל, שיערה ענפי היער. נותר לי ( Read more... )

This is a time of uncertainty, and it may become a time of upheaval. We may come to see the chain of events that started just a couple of weeks ago as the final phase of a six year old project. As the participants and advisory panel are aware, it was an experiment with wide reaching consequences ( Read more... )

We stood so well in line we couldn't see the metal bars, until years later someone pointed at us. Frustrated, trying our hands against the steel we realized how fresh was the wind in the alleys, how good was the water we were told not to drink. It was then, that I finally got what you said, when you told me how wry I was, how it was all because of ( Read more... )

There's a certain pattern I seem to stumble upon in history all the time. History is best examined as processes going in parallel to one another, sometimes converging and sometimes diverting. Perhaps like rail roads: from the historian's perspective, people are not actors on a stage, but more like passengers in a train. Obviously, some have better ( Read more... )

I'd like to state, for the record, my current research interests. Even if they change, and actually - especially if they change, I'd like some record to see just how indecisive I am ( Read more... )