Illustration by Ernest Thompson Seton, 1884 Taming of this Shrew is not a Seton wildlife story, although the daily grind of a Shrew hunting for worms and spiders might have been interesting. (Or not?) This particular little animal hero was given the special...
Witch Hunt from photos.com On this date in 1040, the future Scot King known to us as MacBeth defeated a rival boss Duncan I to become to new boss—for 17 years until he met the same fate as Duncan. There is always a faster gun in town, at least eventually, and you are...
Edinburgh Castle: JÖrg Angeli on unsplash.com If I have my geography even partially figured out, then, that part of Scotland bordering the North Sea, East Lothian, has been assigned a number of names: The Kingdom of Gododdin in the 500s (a Brittonic people of ancient...
gray castle beside river by Mathias Reding on unsplash.com Historians fantasize about getting their favorite characters from history into a room where they (the historians) can discuss with the characters (now dead people) what really happened way back when. Here are...
Illustration from Two Little Savages For all that Seton has been largely forgotten by the general public, a small cadre of scholars and journalists continue to chart his legacy. While his nature-based work is usually viewed favorably, scholars who come out of Native...
