Dr Tiggy McLaughlin
@amalasuentha.bsky.social
late antique historian, theology teacher, writer; still writing about Jesus's flesh in Merovingian Gaul
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I can't believe I've been working on this novel for six weeks! It's nearing the home stretch, AND that week one excitement I haven't felt in over a month is BACK! #writeRAWR #writingcommunity
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I can't believe I've been working on this novel for six weeks! It's nearing the home stretch, AND that week one excitement I haven't felt in over a month is BACK! #writeRAWR #writingcommunity
For the Feast of St. Martin - and old selfie with his equestrian portrait in the Cleveland Museum of Art (because it always kills me that at some point in the middle ages, he somehow acquired a horse) #medieval
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
For the Feast of St. Martin - and old selfie with his equestrian portrait in the Cleveland Museum of Art (because it always kills me that at some point in the middle ages, he somehow acquired a horse) #medieval
New month, new trackers, same goal. Time to finish this draft! #writeRAWR #booksky #authorsky #amwritingya #medieval
November 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New month, new trackers, same goal. Time to finish this draft! #writeRAWR #booksky #authorsky #amwritingya #medieval
25% in to this rough draft and the characters are starting to come together #amwritingya #writingcommunity #writeRAWR #writingchallenge
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
25% in to this rough draft and the characters are starting to come together #amwritingya #writingcommunity #writeRAWR #writingchallenge
Look at these beautiful trackers! All set for a fresh novel draft and a fresh writing challenge! #WriteRAWR
Today, I officially started "Taming the Beast," a YA historical fantasy set in late-Carolingian Francia #amwriting #amwritingya #booksky #authorsky #skystorians #medievalsky
Today, I officially started "Taming the Beast," a YA historical fantasy set in late-Carolingian Francia #amwriting #amwritingya #booksky #authorsky #skystorians #medievalsky
October 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Look at these beautiful trackers! All set for a fresh novel draft and a fresh writing challenge! #WriteRAWR
Today, I officially started "Taming the Beast," a YA historical fantasy set in late-Carolingian Francia #amwriting #amwritingya #booksky #authorsky #skystorians #medievalsky
Today, I officially started "Taming the Beast," a YA historical fantasy set in late-Carolingian Francia #amwriting #amwritingya #booksky #authorsky #skystorians #medievalsky
Hey late antiquers! Tomorrow is your last chance to submit a proposal for one of the Late Antiquity sessions at Kalamazoo last year! Share widely!!
icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...
#kzoo2026 #medievalsky #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...
#kzoo2026 #medievalsky #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
September 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hey late antiquers! Tomorrow is your last chance to submit a proposal for one of the Late Antiquity sessions at Kalamazoo last year! Share widely!!
icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...
#kzoo2026 #medievalsky #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...
#kzoo2026 #medievalsky #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
Oh hey, I'm writing about Caesarius again. 👀
June 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh hey, I'm writing about Caesarius again. 👀
No, Adobe, I do NOT want AI to summarize this document because it's long. In fact, I want nothing more than to read this long document and learn from it and engage with it. 😡 Will be reading all my PDFs in Firefox from now on.
May 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No, Adobe, I do NOT want AI to summarize this document because it's long. In fact, I want nothing more than to read this long document and learn from it and engage with it. 😡 Will be reading all my PDFs in Firefox from now on.
I don't know if this is true (and neither do they, it seems), but I've always wondered the same thing, and this answer totally makes sense and is hilarious!
May 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I don't know if this is true (and neither do they, it seems), but I've always wondered the same thing, and this answer totally makes sense and is hilarious!
Happy Easter from our ugly-crusted ricotta pie to you!
April 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Happy Easter from our ugly-crusted ricotta pie to you!
It finally happened. Thankful for our school librarian, who can fix it. 💙📚
April 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It finally happened. Thankful for our school librarian, who can fix it. 💙📚
I learned some Tulsa history over the weekend (in addition to a bunch of late antique history) at Shifting Frontiers XVI. Thanks to Jon Arnold at TU and his co-organizers for a great conference!
March 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I learned some Tulsa history over the weekend (in addition to a bunch of late antique history) at Shifting Frontiers XVI. Thanks to Jon Arnold at TU and his co-organizers for a great conference!
Happy to see my ancestors show up in the final session of Shifting Frontiers!
March 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy to see my ancestors show up in the final session of Shifting Frontiers!
#manuscriptmonday What is going on in this Book of Hours illustration? Wrong answers only. #medievalsky
March 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#manuscriptmonday What is going on in this Book of Hours illustration? Wrong answers only. #medievalsky
A shelf of old favorites in the smallest one's room 💙📚 #booksky #sundayshelfie
March 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A shelf of old favorites in the smallest one's room 💙📚 #booksky #sundayshelfie
I love that @thestorygraph.com lets you DNF books. This one wasn't for me. #booksky
February 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I love that @thestorygraph.com lets you DNF books. This one wasn't for me. #booksky
Friendly reminder that when you see somebody's weekend bookstack not to feel bad that you're not reading that much. I'm lucky if I get in a few pages of two or three of these between grading and basketball games and book edits this weekend. #booksky
February 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Friendly reminder that when you see somebody's weekend bookstack not to feel bad that you're not reading that much. I'm lucky if I get in a few pages of two or three of these between grading and basketball games and book edits this weekend. #booksky
Huge thanks to my colleague Jay Puskar for taking heashots for my author website, launching soon! #booksky #authorsky
February 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Huge thanks to my colleague Jay Puskar for taking heashots for my author website, launching soon! #booksky #authorsky
Sunday shelfie! The fantasy (mostly) books under my beside table. Including @derekmilman.bsky.social and, hey, my Kalamazoo story 💙📚 #booksky
February 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sunday shelfie! The fantasy (mostly) books under my beside table. Including @derekmilman.bsky.social and, hey, my Kalamazoo story 💙📚 #booksky
Sunday shelfie! Our Roman history (mostly) shelf. The shiny white volumes on top are Jones. 💙📚 #booksky #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #lateantiquity
February 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sunday shelfie! Our Roman history (mostly) shelf. The shiny white volumes on top are Jones. 💙📚 #booksky #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #lateantiquity
Things that brightened my birthday: chocolate strawberry latte from Tim Horton's, getting an Umbreon in the McD's Pokémon cards pack from a student, the radio saying I share my birthday with Justin Timberlake, these personalization stickers that came with my gift 🎁
January 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Things that brightened my birthday: chocolate strawberry latte from Tim Horton's, getting an Umbreon in the McD's Pokémon cards pack from a student, the radio saying I share my birthday with Justin Timberlake, these personalization stickers that came with my gift 🎁
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 20 💙 📚 #booksky #medievalsky #skystorians
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 20 💙 📚 #booksky #medievalsky #skystorians
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 19 💙 📚 #lateantiquity #skystorians
January 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 19 💙 📚 #lateantiquity #skystorians