The raving writer

Getting ready to give the plenary address at the Society for Classical Learning annual conference in Charleston, SC. Beautiful city. # Back home: today, SHEEP DELIVERY! (That's how you get [...]

So I haven’t posted on my blog in a couple of weeks. And here I thought that, once the History of the Renaissance was turned in, I’d be all bloggy again. Actually, I feel weird. [...]

So where’s this? (The last adventure before we head home tomorrow.) And if you want extra credit, you can figure out where we were yesterday:

So what’s your guess? Oh, and I have to include a picture of a blue-taloned chicken, in honor of my favorite local spot.

OK, you all know I’m in the south of France. So can you figure out where I spent my afternoon today? I’ll give you two hints: It’s not a historic landmark. And it is in the [...]

You guys are good. Try this one. (Sunday afternoon, June 3, if it matters.)

To celebrate the finished History of the Renaissance, Peter and I ran away from home for a week. Want to play, “Where is Susan?”

(Here, anyway. Don’t know if my editor will share that emotion when he has to READ the whole thing.) THE WHOLE BOOK IS FINISHED. 808 pages. 235,000 words. 45 pages of works cited. Now [...]

Still alive here, folks. Working on final draft of the next history manuscript. On track to go to my editor at the end of this month. [wipes mental sweat from brain’s brow] All the words [...]

Finishing the book this month. Need theme music. Where's my theme music? # There's a skink in my office. It keeps popping out from behind books and then disappearing again. Not crazy [...]

Heading west with kids for long-planned fishing trip. And it, is, of course, SNOWING. What state is this??? What month is it again??? # Desperate searching for adjective that means "able to [...]

Just got inflight notification: "We are contacting you because it appears your bag(s) traveled on an earlier flight." That's good, right? # Just had amazing chef's special at [...]