That's a thought -- cutting the cover of the Welty book to make a bookmark (don't forget to recycle) -- but I would scan it and print onto heavy watercolor paper. I've used this technique to make fake bookmarks for imaginary bookstores before, and it works very well.
“Only one man comes to me, he was the Emperor Aurelius. He wrote the famous book, MEDITATIONS. Of course it is not what I call meditation, but meditations. My meditation is always singular; there can be no plural to it. His meditations are really contemplations; there can be no singular to it. Marcus Aurelius is the only name I can remember in the whole Roman history worth mentioning - but that not too much. Any poor Basho could defeat Marcus Aurelius. Any Kabir could hit the emperor and bring him beyond his senses…But this is all that has come from the Romans - nothing much, but still something. One should not reject anybody totally. Just by way of courtesy I accept Marcus Aurelius, not as an enlightened one but as a good man. He could have been enlightened if, by chance, he had come across a man like Bodhidharma. Just a look from Bodhidharma into the eyes of Marcus Aurelius would have been enough. Then he would have known, for the first time, what meditation is.”
Oddly, I'm mostly here for Roman stuff -- it was what first attracted me -- and I was unaware of the meme you mention. It has since become obvious that you have much more than the "Roman stuff" to offer, but that is what I'm interested in at the moment.
So sorry to miss this live, love Roman History. I'm going to have to view it again, to take notes on your great books! Steve, looks like you hurt your head!
This video comes at a perfect time for me. I've rekindled an interest in ancient history in general. I've just ordered PAX, SPQR, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the birth of civilisation, and Assyria: the world's first civilisation. Hopefully, they're good choices.
That's a thought -- cutting the cover of the Welty book to make a bookmark (don't forget to recycle) -- but I would scan it and print onto heavy watercolor paper. I've used this technique to make fake bookmarks for imaginary bookstores before, and it works very well.
'Zounds! Even when you stray from Roman topics and Roman-themed books, your talks are still interesting! Jupiter bless you and your enthusiasm!
'Zounds' means 'God's Wounds', i.e. the wounds He received on the Cross, the Five Stigmati.
You may be happy to know that Mrs Wiggs and her cabbage patch are alive and well on kindle unlimited
I wonder what the creator of the Mrs. Wiggs books would make of the Cabbage Patch dolls craze in the '80s.
So glad to see someone else loves Ferrari’s book on Caesar.
“Only one man comes to me, he was the Emperor Aurelius. He wrote the famous book, MEDITATIONS. Of course it is not what I call meditation, but meditations. My meditation is always singular; there can be no plural to it. His meditations are really contemplations; there can be no singular to it. Marcus Aurelius is the only name I can remember in the whole Roman history worth mentioning - but that not too much. Any poor Basho could defeat Marcus Aurelius. Any Kabir could hit the emperor and bring him beyond his senses…But this is all that has come from the Romans - nothing much, but still something. One should not reject anybody totally. Just by way of courtesy I accept Marcus Aurelius, not as an enlightened one but as a good man. He could have been enlightened if, by chance, he had come across a man like Bodhidharma. Just a look from Bodhidharma into the eyes of Marcus Aurelius would have been enough. Then he would have known, for the first time, what meditation is.”
Oddly, I'm mostly here for Roman stuff -- it was what first attracted me -- and I was unaware of the meme you mention. It has since become obvious that you have much more than the "Roman stuff" to offer, but that is what I'm interested in at the moment.
So sorry to miss this live, love Roman History. I'm going to have to view it again, to take notes on your great books! Steve, looks like you hurt your head!
This video comes at a perfect time for me. I've rekindled an interest in ancient history in general. I've just ordered PAX, SPQR, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the birth of civilisation, and Assyria: the world's first civilisation.
Hopefully, they're good choices.
Had they asked my wife that question they would have gotten an earful!
Hey Steve, any chance of getting dibs on the Eudora Welty?