Code of the Vestal Virgin: Burn, Baby, Burn!

From the Series: Life on Dog Hill Hubby is convinced I was once a Vestal Virgin, one of the girls from Ancient Rome taken before age ten to train–and then tend–the sacred fire. Vesta was the goddess of the hearth, and the Vestal Virgins were priestesses of...

Civil War Movie Copperhead and Edward Snowden Paralleled

From the series: Life on Dog Hill Hubby and I are debating Edward Snowden, the constitution, and the rights of government… again. These debates are loud and often include superlatives not fit for a family-friend blog — though I’m usually the first to toss...

Jew’s Shoes on the Banks of the Danube

From the series: Life on Dog Hill The story I’m about to share has been on hold for the last year. On hold because I couldn’t bring myself to write about it. On hold because just remembering makes my eyes tear and my throat clinch. It’s a remembrance of a terrible...

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