Anna Kirkwood Graham
@anagram22.bsky.social
Ret. professor/Medievalist, Latin and Western Civ, also former rare book curator. Pro: environment, women, animals. Circa instans: https://grahama9.msu.domains/ Abortion writings: https://michiganstate.academia.edu/AnnaKirkwoodGraham Ardent Democrat
Expulsions of Jews during the Middle Ages
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Expulsions of Jews during the Middle Ages
Now look at this:
April 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Now look at this:
You don't win the presidency by appealing only to the tiny wedge of the bell curve that represents the far left. And it's better to win the presidency, or the governorship, than to lose it to the fascists:
April 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You don't win the presidency by appealing only to the tiny wedge of the bell curve that represents the far left. And it's better to win the presidency, or the governorship, than to lose it to the fascists:
I want to show you what happens when you google "global refugee crisis" in Google Scholar - this is the second page. An incredible number of people are working on the issue; it isn't as simplistic as Joe Public imagines. I look at it from the environmental/sustainability aspect, myself ...
March 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I want to show you what happens when you google "global refugee crisis" in Google Scholar - this is the second page. An incredible number of people are working on the issue; it isn't as simplistic as Joe Public imagines. I look at it from the environmental/sustainability aspect, myself ...
I've owned this Cattleya for more than 20 yrs - the label is long gone, so I don't know what to call it anymore- and it blooms like this every winter. Such a cheerful zot of color in January, against the snowy landscape outside. @orchids.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I've owned this Cattleya for more than 20 yrs - the label is long gone, so I don't know what to call it anymore- and it blooms like this every winter. Such a cheerful zot of color in January, against the snowy landscape outside. @orchids.bsky.social
I'll stop pestering you in a moment, but images of beavers biting off their testicles are one of my favorite medieval animal pics. the story was that when beavers were pursued, they would bite theirs off, so that they wouldn't be valuable for hunters. The testicles were used in medicine/flavorings!
January 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'll stop pestering you in a moment, but images of beavers biting off their testicles are one of my favorite medieval animal pics. the story was that when beavers were pursued, they would bite theirs off, so that they wouldn't be valuable for hunters. The testicles were used in medicine/flavorings!
The elephant from the model book - I'm thinking this artist wasn't working from life!
January 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The elephant from the model book - I'm thinking this artist wasn't working from life!
Zoey the contortionist ...
January 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Zoey the contortionist ...
Persis, taking feeding into her own hands.
January 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Persis, taking feeding into her own hands.
Oh, waah. Do you know how many expulsions of Jews there have been over history, including their expulsion from their homeland of Israel in the first 2 centuries CE? When at least a million Jews were killed by Rome? Here's a map just of the Middle Ages:
January 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh, waah. Do you know how many expulsions of Jews there have been over history, including their expulsion from their homeland of Israel in the first 2 centuries CE? When at least a million Jews were killed by Rome? Here's a map just of the Middle Ages:
#BookSky Edmund Dulac, The Snow Queen. Where have all the great book illustrators gone? I would be collecting the original imprints, if I had the budget!
December 25, 2024 at 2:46 PM
#BookSky Edmund Dulac, The Snow Queen. Where have all the great book illustrators gone? I would be collecting the original imprints, if I had the budget!
Carl Larsson, another wonderful book illustrator
December 25, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Carl Larsson, another wonderful book illustrator
Try informing yourself.
December 19, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Try informing yourself.
Brassavola nodosa: the easiest tropical orchid to grow as a houseplant. Fragrant, too ...
December 18, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Brassavola nodosa: the easiest tropical orchid to grow as a houseplant. Fragrant, too ...
A ward full of patients in iron lungs.
December 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
A ward full of patients in iron lungs.
From my book shelf!
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
From my book shelf!
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.
20/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
20/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
December 6, 2024 at 1:41 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.
20/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
20/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
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.
19/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
19/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
December 5, 2024 at 1:25 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.
19/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
19/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
He thinks the Matterhorn is in Canada.
December 3, 2024 at 9:48 PM
He thinks the Matterhorn is in Canada.
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.
18/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
18/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
December 2, 2024 at 12:25 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.
18/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
18/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
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.
17/20
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#books
#bookchallenge
17/20
#booksky
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#bookchallenge
December 1, 2024 at 1:02 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.
17/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
17/20
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge