This post is so long, it’s totally gotten into cray-cray land! 😂 I’m serious! I’ve been thinking about it for months, ever since I got the idea of writing about “The Most Influential People in Ancient History.” I didn’t know about to handle it. This past week, I decided I’d just go for it, since I was out of credits to do more video. So…
Hello! Last week on Substack, I posted an article, “The Most Influential People of the Ancient World”. It got a really awesome response! Thank you so super-much for that! 😄 Part of that article was about z Hittite prince, Zannanza, son of Šuppiluliuma I. To recap, Šuppiluliuma sent Zannanza to Egypt at the request of…
Because I like to do things in pairs…
A brief note on Life’s three essentials
Another Group of Extraordinary Women
Lesser known, but in no way lesser.
Japan’s Greatest Novelist
Japan’s great prose artist
Japan’s Leading Woman Poet
The Crucible of Genius
Japanese poetry in general, and Heian poetry especially isn’t much like the poetry most of us are used to. Also, because of its unique nature, the translation of any one poem into English can vary so much that we can be forgiven if we don’t first recognize we’ve reading the same one. Reflecting on this, Ivan Morris said Heian poetry was the most challenging all…
Some things don’t need words…