[ ... ] they were happy with domesticity because they knew no better, just as someone who has never seen a mountain cannot realise its beauty. A second ... more
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domesticity
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Academic/domestic crossover: edible numismatics edition
@ 2010-09-28 – 15:31:44
It has been a good few days for cakes of early medieval archaeological interest. Last week I was eating a cake which included a picture of a Thor's hammer. … more -
Jerome versus the Holy Household
@ 2007-08-19 – 08:57:34
I’ve been back again reading Kate Cooper’s The Virgin and the Bride, which is not only a very useful book for considering late antiquity, but as I’ve … more -
Prairie Muffins and Asceticism
@ 2007-08-24 – 09:06:35
Fred Clark’s Slactivist (one of my favourite blogs) has something of a thing about Prairie Muffins (see e.g. http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2006/06/you_aint_seen_n.html, … more -
A woman's work is sometimes done
@ 2005-11-09 – 07:46:48
The free parenting magazine I get (Right Start) had an article in a recent issue reporting a survey of mothers’ working hours (extract at http://www.rightstartmagazine.co.uk/?pid=3098&lsid=3098&edname=18899.htm&ped=18899). … more -
Sacred work, sacred home
@ 2005-12-12 – 17:37:54
A couple of things I’ve read have just sparked some connections about the location of the sacred in the current world. One is Callum Brown, The Death … more
