Upon This Quiet Life

Today, we’re beginning a project I’ve wanted to do on this blog for a while, reviewing the Shakespearean Apocrypha. If you’re not...

Well, for all the Harry Potter fans out there, we’ve finally achieved invisibility (YAY!!) First, you take some lithium gas – I know...

From the Lexington Herald, November 4, 1912 “King Lear,” considered by many students of literature the masterpiece of dramatic writing in...

We’re back in Hilldale today for Game 4 of our simulation of the 1924 Negro League World Series. Kansas City will be sending Cliff Bell...

George Sparks was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1843. The son of Jonas Sparks and Paulina Postlethwaite, he was the younger brother...

Today we’re heading into Game 3 of the (Simulated) 1924 Negro League World Series. The Monarchs have nominated Bill Drake to pitch game...

John B. Shindler was born in Shelby County, Kentucky in 1839, the son of John Shindler and Mary F. Campbell. He was 5’7”, with a light...

It’s October 4, 1924, and we’re back at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia for (Simulated) Game 2 of the Negro League World Series, matching...

William Austin Seay, the son of Samuel Seay and Susan Balee, was born in Shelby County in February 1821. A farmer, Seay was 5’8 ½”, with...

Today, we’re turning the clock back all the way to October 3, 1924. We’re at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia for Game 1 of the...

John Sayles (no, not that one, the other one), the son of George Sayles and Mary Ann Ryder, was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1844. ...

We’re back at Griffith Park today after a layoff for Game 5 of the (Simulated) 1942 Negro League World Series. The Kansas City Monarchs...

William Saunders was born in Shelby County, Kentucky. A twenty-year-old farmer when he enlisted, Saunders was 5’7 ½”, with a light...

We’re back for Game 4 of the 1942 (Simulated) Negro League World Series, as the Homestead Grays are looking at a three-games-to-none...

Charles Sale was born on February 7, 1827 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the son of William Sale and Elizabeth B. Joyes. He was 5’7 ½”,...

Today we’re back at Griffith Park for Game 3 of the 1942 Negro League World Series, the Kansas City Monarchs versus the Homestead Grays. ...

Samuel Rule was born in 1828 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, the son of Samuel Rule and Elizabeth Cline. Rule was 5’6”, with a dark...

Henry Bruce Ross was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1844, the son of Samuel C. Ross and Mary Bradshaw. Ross was 5’5 ½”, with a fair...

Conrad Ritter was twenty-three at the time of his enlistment. He was 5’8”, with a fair complexion, gray eyes and sandy hair. Private...

From the Lexington Herald-Leader, April 14, 1907 Friday the Shakespeare class will meet at the Woman’s Club. The program is in charge of...