The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: Stonehenge

  • The Royal BC Museum

    The Royal BC Museum

    While we were there, the museum was in the throes of Fungi Fest.

  • The Dolmen de Guadalperal

    2,000 years older than Stonehenge.

  • Happy Winter!

    The term “solstice” always sets off a slight frisson in me. It evokes ancient rites and rituals, the customs of people we barely remember and are hard-pressed to comprehend. No matter what your spiritual beliefs or lack thereof, it’s hard to ignore the passage of time as indicated by the sun, our main purveyor of…

  • Time out of Mind

    I’ve been watching this great series on the TLC channel called “Who Do You Think You Are?” in which celebrities trace their family trees. In one episode, supermodel Cindy Crawford discovers she’s a direct descendent of Charlemagne. No one in her family knew this. The question is, how on earth is that possible? I mean,…