People

People I would like to meet, people I have read or written about.

People

Shootout on the Rails

The town marshall was summoned to arrest two notorious bandits. It didn't go well.

02 Jun 2025

Photograph of William Adams Hickman taken around 1860

People

The Many Wives of Wild Bill

There were 10, but not all at the same time.

31 Jan 2025

People

Meet Corporal Vangilder

A civil war soldier in the Union Army.

09 Jun 2024

Places

Das Goethe-Haus

Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany.

24 Apr 2024

Chasse Diable

Personal reflections on the spirit of the time: the Zeitgeist. "Chasse Diable" is a medicinal herb once used to lighten one's mood. It also means "hunt the devil."

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