Two Tongues, Two Times, Two Layers of Reality
Time Travel. We all would like to try it. Especially to the remote past, that undiscovered country.
It’s impossible–we know. Or is it?
Time Travel. We all would like to try it. Especially to the remote past, that undiscovered country.
It’s impossible–we know. Or is it?
I started my search for more information about the man who dedicated a statue to his wife in Tarraco around the year 214, by focusing on his job title: Sevir Augustal. The Seviratus Augustalis was an urban institution of semi-official nature which was mainly held by wealthy freedmen in the first to the third century. Their functions were a cross between magistrate and priest for the cult of the Roman Emperor. There is not much documentation on what the Sevirs actually did.
I recently discovered a new magazine where I can read Thriller short stories! It's called ThrillRide magazine.
Traveling to challenging locales: the Caribbean Islands, Angola, the hell of commuting in Atlanta, Oxford, Africa, N'Orleans, Hollywood, and the streets of Seattle like you've never seen them?
Dwelling in strange times: Ancient China, the birth of Christianity, decaying Babylon, the Wild West (but not in the West), WWII, last week, and the day after tomorrow?
What do we want to know about the people in the past? We want to know what we want to know about everyone: how did you fall in love? What was the story of your love?
Sometimes the people from the past leave us clues.
The First Two Pages: “Volcano” By Alison McMahan
The Last Straw by Michael Niemann is the sixth book in the series about the Belgian fraud investigator for the U.N. who wrestles with some of the most difficult political issues of our time.
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