by SMThornton | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s probably a good thing all my favorite people from history are dead. Actually, I know it’s a good thing because it wouldn’t take long for me to be arrested for lurking in the bushes outside their houses. (Or palaces, in the cases of Theodora and...
by SMThornton | Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Most adults look at me like I’m crazy when I admit that I love Disneyland. Like I-would-go-there-ten-times-a-year-if-I-could love. But there’s long lines.And crying kids.And it’s so expensive.All true, but I don’t care one whit. Disneyland...
by SMThornton | Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Pompeii is flashy when it comes to ancient Roman sites, but I’ve always liked Herculaneum more. I went there two years ago and enjoyed the quiet streets of the former seaside town, also destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. According to The History Blog,...
by SMThornton | Apr 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
No, you can’t go back to ConstantinopleBeen a long time gone, ConstantinopleWhy did Constantinople get the works?That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.-Istanbul, We Might Be GiantsConstantinople might have been renamed to Istanbul by Ataturk in the...
by SMThornton | Apr 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Blogging is not high on my to-do list these days. I love the community of writers and wish I had more time to blog, but I’m getting ready to take a group of students to Washington D.C. next week and am slated to finish my current WIP by the end of the month if I...
