Happy surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia day to all who celebrate!

It’s real and it’s spectacular.

The Conditional Unionists of our time.

In case anyone needs it on this Monday, I’m pleased to introduce Violet! She’s five, very sweet, very vocal, and adopted from a local SPCA…where she’d been for awhile, somehow…

Used book store find: Sir George Otto Trevelyan “The American Revolution” 4 volumes.

There’s also Gallagher and Meier “coming to terms with civil war military history” jcwe 4,4 2014, which pairs with sternhell article above.

In addition to what others have mentioned (towers, woods, etc), Caleb McDaniel “bonds and boundaries of antislavery” JCWE 4, 1, 2014; Yael sternhell “revisionism reinvented” and Aaron Sheehan dean, “long civil war”

Not normally an Irish whiskey drinker, but wow this is good.

Snowy Russian.

two muppets looking out of a window with a lamp on the wall behind them ALT: two muppets looking out of a window with a lamp on the wall behind them

The arts center across the street has people playing Xmas music, and I’m tempted to sit outside and heckle them like Statler and Waldorf in The Muppets Christmas Carol.

Ok, now it’s officially holiday season.

Barnes and noble gift card haul, complete with new work from @ljg106.bsky.social

Of all the gin joints…

Helping clean up after thanksgiving by drinking Prosecco straight from the bottle.

Discovered that the secret ingredient to a wonderful thanksgiving meal is Prozac.

Helping dad use a potato remove broken filaments on my parent’s walkway lights, so jokes on me, I did actually use that 6th grade science project...

I chuckled aloud to myself when I thought of it 😂

Train hitting school bus meme with emancipation and Kentucky.

So…how is draft 4,618 of my introduction is going, you ask?

Thanks!

Fellow history people—has anyone made a Military History starter pack?

Bourbon, with Marilyn, Jack and Tony joining.

Holy new followers, Batman! Hi everyone, I post about civil war stuff, writing, library/higher Ed, and bourbon.

Had this account for a bit…but joining the post-election exodus from the other place…

Hello, Seattle.

Bowman’s French oak is outstanding

Scored some excellent uses bookstore finds: John Hay diary, and first edition of Sheridan’s memoirs.

Get to Stompin’ in my Air Force Dumbs…

Perfect midwinter drink. Also, Jax.

Went to a coffee shop and while putting cream in my coffee, I saw a pump jug of hand sanitizer, so I quickly put some on my hands.

Simple syrup. My hands are now coated with simple syrup.