SURROUNDING MUNFORDVILLE Kentucky. In the center of that Common Wealth. At the crossroads. The Green River running west, and Interstate 65 north and south. You have driven passed Munfordville many times. Why didn't you stop? Confederate General Braxton Bragg and Union General Don Carlos Buell stopped there. Fought there. For there is where the Louisville [...]
Three Rivers in the Civil War-mini-podcast!
Three Rivers in the Civil War
THREE RIVERS IN THE CIVIL WAR Why is it called "Civil?" It was anything but. Still isn't. And to me, no buts when it comes to the carnage. Lives torn away from homes and families. Then bodies. And, in Kentucky, armies lined up along three rivers. The Cumberland, Green, and Tennessee Rivers. When Confederate [...]
The Mighty Mucal Mussels of the Muddy Moving Mansions-the podcast!
The Mighty Mucal Mussels of the Muddy Moving Mansions!
MIGHTY MUCAL MUSSELS OF THE MUDDY MOVING MANSIONS Lucky am I, to look after my interests. Listen to my heartbeats. Fashion my feelings. Lucky am I, to focus on meanings. Seeing the real things. Touching with reason. That moving within me. That living without. Have we too easily escaped the shallows? Where we could have followed [...]
LIFE AND LANDSCAPES VIDEO BLOG- the introduction!
Here you go! The first Video Blog of “Life and Landscapes.” My exploration of natural and cultural history. I hope that you like it. I think that you will find future topics of interest https://vimeo.com/359641492
The Sea Peoples-mini-podcast!
The Sea Peoples
THE SEA PEOPLES Rarely is change so complete. So damaging. So replete. Maybe when the Neanderthals were killed off? When the Roman Empire collapsed? When Chinese dynasties died? Catastrophic change. And none greater than the destruction of the great Mycenaean Palace states of Greece and the Middle East. Empires of chariots and bronze! Who did [...]
THE WORLD ORDER THAT COLLAPSED BEFORE-mini-podcast!
The World Order That Collapsed Before
THE WORLD ORDER THAT COLLAPSED BEFORE We often think that new weapons change the balance of power. Chariots in old Egypt. Nuclear bombs in World War II. And now, nuclear weapons in North Korea. It is tempting to believe that the great collapse of the late Bronze Age civilizations, around 1,200 B.C. in the Mediterranean, [...]