A King, an Unfinished Business, and the Teutonic Custom
Once upon a time there was a prince. What he liked above all things were…
Greek
Giant Flowers and Mythological Roots
A departure today from our usual subjects. But a couple of facts took me quite…
Snake, Sneak, Snail
Etymology occasionally hands one a plot that any detective novelist would envy. Take Serbian. The…
An Ottoman Echo in the Culinary Code
Serbs will tell you with considerable pride about their heroic resistance and their eventual deliverance…