MARGINALIA

I have sat down this Saturday afternoon after our first five-day school week of the year. To put it succinctly, I am exhausted. It always ta...

Last night orientation for freshmen and other new students was held at my school. This is always a positive, warm and fuzzy evening where ev...

We had our first meeting of Latin Club officers yesterday, a full week before the start of school on September 3. We met at the local Starbu...

I wandered back to my blog today after an extended hiatus... of seventeen months! This IS something I am interested in pursuing, but finding...

The 2012-2013 Riverbend HS Latin Club has received the Century Club Award from the National Junior Classical League for having over one-hu...

On August 23, 2011, at 1:51 p.m., a very rare thing happened. There was a rumble, a small rattle, and then the earth shook for what seemed l...

My daughter Sarah is heading off to college in a couple weeks. She will be a freshman at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, and s...

Question #4: Why are the sidewalks in Pompeiian streets so high? Stepping stones crossing a street in Pompeii from elevated sidewalks. ...

Question #3: How in the world did traffic navigate those stepping stones in Pompeii? In my last posting I considered the ruts between thos...

Question #2: Why are there obvious ruts in Roman roads? Ruts between the stepping stones in Pompeii The quick answer is that these ruts...

I have been thinking about those ancient roads that run through parts of the Roman Forum, the Appian Way, and Pompeii, and have come up with...

I am starting an occasional series titled Imagine That , in which I imagine how things would have been in the ancient Roman world. I welcome...

At this year's American Classical League Institute in Minneapolis, I attended a session on the Cambridge Latin Course . Having taught f...

I finished reading Lindsey Davis ' The Jupiter Myth this morning. I began re-reading this series in March and have completed the fourt...

One of my favorite sites in the Roman Forum. I remember giving an oral report on this monument when I was a student at the Intercollegiate ...

I was recently informed that adorning the facade of the city hall building in downtown Fredericksburg were two caducei. I was so surprised I...

In my brand new, right-out-of-the-package Latin II classes, I have led off early with an exercise having the students translate an English p...

I went into school this morning and began work on recreating my classroom. At the end of every school year we are required to pack everythin...

August has arrived, and, since this is so, I must turn my attention to things academic and scholastic. The first teacher work day is Wednesd...

There is news out of Rome that the Culture Ministry is soliciting bids from private sponsors to raise funds to help preserve the Colosseum....