AvatarJim Watkinsflipped into Literature/Authors/Writing/BooksAug 8Owen Barfield’s “History in English Words”theimaginativeconservative.org - Bradley J. BirzerThroughout “History in English Words,” Owen Barfield discusses the influences of every possible cultural encounter on the English language. Language, …
AvatarJim Watkinsflipped into Oddments23 hours agoWhen Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850 (Review)worldhistory.org - Zhihui Zou“When Information Came of Age” proposes a new starting point, 1700-1850, for the information revolution that ultimately led to the Internet. …
AvatarJim Watkinsflipped into Literature/Authors/Writing/BooksFeb 17Forgotten books: The application of unseen species models to the survival of culturescience.org - Mike Kestemont, Folgert Karsdorp, Elisabeth de Bruijn, Matthew Driscoll, Katarzyna A. Kapitan, Pádraig Ó Macháin, Daniel Sawyer, Remco Sleiderink, Anne ChaoEcological methods for cultural history Much of the narrative literature from the European Middle Ages has been lost over the ages because of …
AvatarJim Watkinsflipped into Literature/Authors/Writing/Books9 hours agoOver 90% of Medieval Manuscripts Have Been Lost, Study Sayshyperallergic.com - Elaine VelieYearning princesses locked away in castles, heroic knights, hawkish Vikings — fragments of medieval European stories have permeated nearly every …
AvatarJim Watkinsflipped into History5 days agoPtolemy’s Invention of the Astrolabe Measured Time and the Starsgreekreporter.com - Patricia ClausThe exact time, the positions to the stars and planets, and our exact location were known to ancient Greeks as well thanks to the astrolabe.Read the …
AvatarJim Watkinsflipped into Recipes/Food/Dining14 hours agoOyakodon, a Japanese chicken-egg rice bowl, is simple and satisfyingSFGate - Jess EngIf any dish were a poem, oyakodon would come pretty darned close. Preparation begins by slowly warming up dashi and sending sliced onions for a tumble into a savory broth. Eggs are lightly beaten and poured gingerly over chicken thighs and mellowed-out onions. You can't rush oyakodon - patience …
