as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.
as an exploratory journey through that old party question: if you could have a drink with anyone in history, who would it be? History is full of people you’d love to have a drink with. Let’s meet a few.
Have a drink with: La Befana Auguri. Va bene. Ask her about: Getting stuff done. In Catholicism, January 6 is the feast of the Epiphany: the last of the twelve days of Christmas and the day on which the three visiting kings are said to arrive to meet the baby Jesus. And in Italian legend,…
Have a drink with: The Gordon Rioters Angry Protestant mob, muse to Charles Dickens Ask them about: Looting, pillaging, using the word “popery” without laughing. (Try it: popery popery popery.) “If they touch my work that’s a part of so many laws, what becomes of the laws in general, what becomes of the religion, what…
Have a drink with: Queen Isabella of Spain Queen, ass-kicker, Rules girl, working mom Ask her about: kicking everyone out of Spain A few year-end lists recommended Kristin Downey’s biography of Queen Isabella, so lately I’ve been knee-deep in early modern Spain and a lot of questions about the famous lady. What is image-making and what…
Have a drink with: St. Teresa of Avila Reformer, mystic, dreamer, smart lady. Ask her about: that time she told the devil to piss off. I grew up thinking saints were terribly stodgy, righteous people who had somehow gotten themselves onto life’s “Do Not Call” list for doubt and temptation. It wasn’t until later in…
