Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History. Ch. 14 – The Carbonari and the Quarantotto
Just because I haven’t mentioned it since the first post, these chapter recaps are my personal notes taken from reading the book by John Julius
Just because I haven’t mentioned it since the first post, these chapter recaps are my personal notes taken from reading the book by John Julius
My oldest brother passed away sometime early sunday morning. He was 68. After my mom passed away a few years ago, I thought it would be a
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.“
This website was formerly “the TL;DR place” on tumblr. But I occasionally posted things that I wanted others to see, and they were unable to access the content without tumblr accounts. I called the blog the TL;DR place because the writing I do here is essentially a place for me to process through my thoughts. Most of my friend group isn’t all that interested in the same things, so I write rather than talk through it.
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.