To fill the gap between the Battle of Actium and Gibbon's Rome there is Bury's A History of the Roman Empire (27 BC - 180 AD). Yes! The same J.B. Bury that got me through the History of Greece. I'm very excited!

The satisfaction of making delicious food through your own efforts is irreplaceable

It looks like Dio can get me from Tacitus to Gibbon — with Josephus looming in the background.

I stared into the abyss and the abyss shrugged with indifference.

On the outside looking in.

"There’s a surreal aspect in that we're expected to go on with our lives and our jobs and raising our families and doing mundane tasks while catastrophes happen around us."
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In the midst of all the chaos,
This, from my sketchbook.
#art #sketch #ink #watercolor #rocketship

Old Tweet from 2022
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I always found the DeJoy item the most puzzling.

From my sketchbook.
#art #sketch #ink #watercolor #rocketship

#Feiffer 1978 Splat.