Originally posted on The Freelance History Writer:
An Anglo-Saxon woman, possibly a nun Very little is known about this granddaughter of King Alfred the Great. Her mother Ӕthelflaed ruled the Kingdom of Mercia and when she died, she may have wished her daughter to succeed her. But Ӕlfwynn’s uncle had other ideas. Ӕlfwynn was the…

Originally posted on Peaceful Awakenings: Reflections of Egypt:
One of the things that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is how Egyptian festivals fit into my (northern hemisphere temperate) seasons. I mean, my lepidopterist’s calendar has a harvest festival for Min on Friday, and around here we’re … not safely past the last frost…