Intense Soft Ginger Cookies

Posted on Sat 11 December 2021 in food • Tagged with cookies, recipe, ginger, yule, christmas

I eat half in one sitting and then freeze the rest for Christmas.

Soft Ginger Cookie


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Classic Homemade Pumpkin Pie

Posted on Sun 05 December 2021 in food • Tagged with pie, piefordinner, recipe, thanksgiving

I don't see how there could be anything wrong with making a Pumpkin Pie anytime.

Pumpkin Pie


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History: Theocritus

Posted on Sun 05 December 2021 in history • Tagged with history, person

315 - 250 BCE

Theocritus was a native of Sicily who wrote short poems known as idylls. The themes of Theocritus' poetry usually centered around eroticism, "lovers' complaints," and nature. Theocritus' contemporaries believed that Homer's epic's could never be out done and thus writers should limit the length of their work …


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Blog Refactoring

Posted on Sat 04 December 2021 in news • Tagged with Python

What would Saturday be without a Christmas cookie and a bit of blog refactoring?


History: Alexandria

Posted on Sun 28 November 2021 in history • Tagged with history, place

Egypt, in the Western Nile Delta- The city established by Alexander the Great after his conquest of Egypt. Alexandria was a place of great learning and advancement. The ancient library at Alexandria is known to be the largest in the Hellenistic era. Alexandria also offered a museum for the study …


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Warfare in the Age of Crusades The Latin East

Posted on Fri 26 November 2021 in history • Tagged with warfare, history, books, writing

The Latin East

The Latin East will include 26 detailed and carefully illustrated regional and tactical maps.