Rachel Singer
@rachelbsinger.bsky.social
Environmental historian of post-Roman Britain and Merovingian Gaul.
PhD Candidate at Georgetown University researching plague, climate, rebel nuns, and disaster.
Philly sports fan and weird rescue animal enthusiast by night.
rachelbsinger.com
PhD Candidate at Georgetown University researching plague, climate, rebel nuns, and disaster.
Philly sports fan and weird rescue animal enthusiast by night.
rachelbsinger.com
It’s the flattest place I’ve ever been - here I am at Edix “Hill” in 2022 feeling betrayed by the name! The book I’m holding is the excavation report, because I could not believe that what I was looking at was the “hill” in question without triple-checking the map.
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s the flattest place I’ve ever been - here I am at Edix “Hill” in 2022 feeling betrayed by the name! The book I’m holding is the excavation report, because I could not believe that what I was looking at was the “hill” in question without triple-checking the map.
Philly sports and I are on a break
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Philly sports and I are on a break
It exists in the physical world!
@merleeisenberg.bsky.social
@merleeisenberg.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It exists in the physical world!
@merleeisenberg.bsky.social
@merleeisenberg.bsky.social
Split squad spring training game means 2 Phillies games at once let’s gooo
March 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Split squad spring training game means 2 Phillies games at once let’s gooo
February 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today’s writing session is brought to you by a DAVIDsTEA strawberry matcha latte
January 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today’s writing session is brought to you by a DAVIDsTEA strawberry matcha latte
The Victorian embellishments are added and the build is complete! Now I feel like I should visit the real thing (I never have!)
January 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Victorian embellishments are added and the build is complete! Now I feel like I should visit the real thing (I never have!)
It’s 1245 and the structure is complete. There will be minor modifications and the addition of lateral chapels, but the building will remain substantively unchanged until the 18th century. This is the medieval Notre-Dame de Paris.
January 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s 1245 and the structure is complete. There will be minor modifications and the addition of lateral chapels, but the building will remain substantively unchanged until the 18th century. This is the medieval Notre-Dame de Paris.
Just built the roof that burned down, lol
It is ca. 1220 and the body of the cathedral is complete. Only the towers are left…
It is ca. 1220 and the body of the cathedral is complete. Only the towers are left…
January 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just built the roof that burned down, lol
It is ca. 1220 and the body of the cathedral is complete. Only the towers are left…
It is ca. 1220 and the body of the cathedral is complete. Only the towers are left…
Front towers progress
January 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Front towers progress
The side rose windows are in, the vault is vaulting, and the nave flyers have been fitted with channels that drain rainwater from the roof. It is 1225
January 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The side rose windows are in, the vault is vaulting, and the nave flyers have been fitted with channels that drain rainwater from the roof. It is 1225
Breaking news: the church is officially cruciform
January 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Breaking news: the church is officially cruciform
Nave and facade progress!
January 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Nave and facade progress!
It is 1208. Much of the nave is constructed and the foundations of the great west towers have been laid
January 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It is 1208. Much of the nave is constructed and the foundations of the great west towers have been laid
My other dog keeps trying to eat the pieces, so I’ve had to distract her with a giant block of yak cheese
January 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My other dog keeps trying to eat the pieces, so I’ve had to distract her with a giant block of yak cheese
It is 1182. The east-side chevet is complete and the buttresses are Flying. The chevet is consecrated and will function as a church as construction continues on the transept and south side bays until 1200
January 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It is 1182. The east-side chevet is complete and the buttresses are Flying. The chevet is consecrated and will function as a church as construction continues on the transept and south side bays until 1200
We have buttressing! It is a bit past 1170
January 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We have buttressing! It is a bit past 1170
Topical accompaniment
January 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Topical accompaniment
We have windows in the chevet (constructed 1163-70)
January 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We have windows in the chevet (constructed 1163-70)
It’s 1163 and Pope Alexander III is laying the first stone
January 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s 1163 and Pope Alexander III is laying the first stone