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Hello! My name is Mark, and I am hoarder of classroom materials. I finished the annual task of packing up and cleaning out my classroom to...

I just returned home from a farewell dinner for two Latin colleagues leaving our school system at the end of the week. Each one is depa...

As exam week rolls into view, I find it necessary to take stock of this year which, I must admit, has not been a good one, either for m...

The other day in Latin III, my students asked a question that made me realize something about Martial's poem V.34 about the death of Ero...

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...