

Pileus, Phrygian, Witches Hat - Moving to Freedom
The headgear is different from "Phrygian helmets" because of the lengthy ear flaps which make them recognizable as "barbarians"...


Where be Dragons?
While decorating my new apartment, one piece of décor I want is a wall tapestry of an antique map, especially one that would have sea...


Ghosts of the Ancient Past - Northeastern Mediterranean
Greece The term shade was translated from the Greek σκιά and Latin umbra, both meaning shadow. This is likely alluding to the shadow of...


Ghosts of the Ancient Past
What is the oldest ghost story you've ever heard of, not the first one you've ever heard, but the most ancient? Before doing research for...


I am the Flying Dutchman
If someone brought up the Flying Dutchman in a conversation that I have expertly steered to reach the topic, or we are playing a game of...


Cast Shillelagh
For around a year and a half I played the Dungeons and Dragons campaign Curse of Strahd as a Kenku Grave Cleric who carried around a...


The Bust of a Beautiful Woman
]Intro: She's been compared to the beauty in the statue of Venus, and the perfection of Galatea in the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea...


Senet: The Game of Passing
Intro: Playing competitive games teaches lessons for life, of life, no matter the time or place. They can often also be meant as...


Evergreen Mistletoe Decor
The winter has a radiant soft glow of the white snow on barren trees surrounding empty frozen lakes. But that's just it, it seems bare...


Open Letter to Stop Pebble Mine
I'm not, by far, within the first group of protestors, but I would hate myself all the more if I didn't stand up for nature during these...