Well, they’re baaaaaaaaack. The cadets have returned to campus. Classes start on Wednesday. I can’t say that I’m quite ready. With so much of my break taken up by Brunanburh I’ve hardly had a chance to think about the coming semester. I’ve drafted syllabi, but not much beyond that. I’d …
For the past couple of years I have been laboring on a new book about the historical Battle of Brunanburh. I’m happy to report that the end is in sight. The project involves contributors from around the world, and over the past couple of days I have turned over to …
Aside from a few days off for family events, I’ve been pounding away on materials for the Battle of Brunanburh book I’ve been working on. It goes very well overall. The past few days have been admittedly frustrating, though, largely because I’ve been working on the so-called Annals of Clonmacnoise. …
It has long been tradition in our family to listen to A Christmas Together, by John Denver and the Muppets, around this time of year. First on vinyl, later on tape, more recently on CD. The album is so ingrained in my psyche that John Denver’s voice has become fairly …
I find it really annoying that every time I update WordPress I have to deal with the “Allowed memory size of xxxxxx bytes exhausted” error. For my own benefit, I link the solution here.