by Theresa Haynes | Jun 25, 2023 | Thomas Abell
Midsummer was a big deal in the pre-modern world. In Scandinavia, it still is. I lived in Sweden for three summers and saw the traditions firsthand with the flower wreaths, strawberries, green maypoles, silly dances, smoked fish, and snaps. Nothing is quite as sweet...
by Theresa Haynes | Jun 23, 2023 | Thomas Abell
I was writing today, and there he was, all sad eyes and soft fur, sitting faithfully at the end of Katherine’s bed. He refused to leave her side, and when he noticed me, he laid his head on his paws, and I knew he absolutely existed. But then the historian in my...