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Old English Translation: The Wife's Lament
This was almost a paywall post! They're coming!
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in memoriam
Shakespeare : Some thoughts on 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', in memory of dear friend and mentor Kathy Patterson
Everyone hates on this play because it cares about what women want; Rest in peace to the Summerlands' new queen, Kathy Patterson (1964-2024)
beowulf
Time before Time: Tale of the Toa & "þeodcyninga"
A translation of lines 1-11 plus deep analysis of a Scholastic Kids book from like two decades ago...
pop culture
Time Before Time: a brief introduction to Bionicle & the Medieval
A new study in Anglo-Danish cultural transmissions but mostly musings and memoir (I need to get better at stop motion animation...)
chaucer
Recent adventures: Richard III @ The Rubicon Theatre, I Got My First "medieval" Tattoo
The tattoo though, is a "facsimile" of the Wife of Bath in the Ellesmere Manuscript!
poetry
Translation: Horace, Odes 1.11
aka the “carpe diem” poem
welcome
wilcume tō minë suubstaack
my best early middle english impersonation...