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  • The Lost World of Manners, Dress, and Literature

    The Lost World of Manners, Dress, and Literature0

    Recently I revisited a famous antiquarian bookshop. Marks & Co. closed decades ago, but it lives on in Helene Hanff’s memoir “84, Charing Cross Road” and its companion 1987 film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. My library had both the book and the DVD, so I spent an evening traveling back in time to 1950s London

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  • The Lost Scrolls Lying at Our Feet

    The Lost Scrolls Lying at Our Feet0

    In 79 A.D., the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in eastern Italy covered nearby towns in ash and completely buried many of them. One of the towns that was buried in the eruption was Herculaneum, which at the time was a popular vacation spot for wealthy Romans. According to some historical accounts, Julius Caesar’s father-in-law,

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    The Lost Milestones of Childhood1

    Seeing your kid blossom is even more powerful than worrying about their every move.

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  • The Lost Art of Pen and Paper

    The Lost Art of Pen and Paper2

    I remember the joyful, parental excitement I felt when we sent our oldest child off to kindergarten. I can recall his nervous agitation, not knowing what to expect, but also understanding that he was older now, and a big boy. At our first parent-teacher conference that year I noticed something that I had not thought much

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  • The Lost Art of Herb Drying

    The Lost Art of Herb Drying4

    Once, herbs could be seen hanging from rafters in homes, brewing in teas on the hearth, or stored safely in cupboards for times of plague or injury. Romans took them to the battlefield, monks used them to treat the infirm, and midwives administered them to ease labor. So when did herbs become so outdated? In the

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  • The Loss of the Sacred in American Culture

    The Loss of the Sacred in American Culture7

    There’s a grim scene near the end of The Iliad in which the Greek hero Achilles, because of his rage and grief over the death of his comrade Patroclus at the hands of the Trojan prince Hector, slays Hector in battle and drags his corpse behind his chariot, day after day, desecrating the body in

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