Today is Ash Wednesday. I hadn’t realized. A few years ago on Ash Wednesday I was out somewhere–a Barnes & Noble, I think, probably the one right near my house–and I saw a woman with the ashes marking her forehead. “Praise Odin,” I said to her. She looked at me oddly, said nothing, and walkedContinue reading “On Ash Wednesday”
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On the Vinland Map
An e-mail about the PBS program NOVA landed in my inbox yesterday. This coming Tuesday they’re showing a documentary on the Vinland Map, a map that may date from the early 15th-century and depicts the eastern coast of North America: Tuesday, October 10 at 8PM ET/PT on PBS Check your local listings as dates andContinue reading “On the Vinland Map”