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Leo (or Slats, or Jackie, or Telly . . .) the MGM Lion

The roar of the lion before some of our favorite films has been going on for almost one hundred years and has actually been…

Check out the giveaway for The Last Year of the War below! (This giveaway is over) What’s a girl to do when there are…

2020 is full of uncertainty, but at least one thing is for sure: 2021 has to be better. One reason for me is that…

As my last post on the Historic Epidemic series, this one is a little less serious. And yes, the Dancing Plague of 1518 was…

How could any good come from a pandemic that devastated the known world? Hard to believe, but in the aftermath of the Great Pestilence…

This isn't the first time Sweden has reacted differently to a pandemic

The Black Death. The Bubonic plague. The Great Pestilence. The Great Mortality. Whatever name you choose, 60% of the world's population died from it…

Are masks the answer to getting back to a 'new normal' after COVID19? During the 1918 influenza, the widespread use of masks was a…

As we shelter at home and follow the rising numbers of infections and deaths from COVID-19, I have a new understanding and appreciation for…

A short-lived illness that left 38 people dead in Italy in 1623 can hardly be called an epidemic of the likes of COVID19 or…