Last night, President #JoeBiden ate dinner in a space that, 14 years ago, was vacant, used by my landlord to fence stolen appliances, and raided by the FBI. I lived above #DCHistory, I just didn’t know it at the time. 🤪

RT @BethuneNHS@twitter.com

Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with the Historic Homes of National Capital Parks-East! To make reservations email WoodsonNHS@nps.gov #FrederickDouglass #CarterGWoodson #MaryMcLeodBethune #NCNW #BethuneCookman #ASALH #DCHistory #FindYourPark #ImbibeIt #Celebrations #Activism

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BethuneNHS/status/1619080037051027456

Time for a belated introduction!

I'm a medievalist, teaching graduate Medieval Latin courses in the DC area and paleography virtually and IRL (e.g. for HMML and in workshops).

I'm currently working on an open-access Latin paleography textbook and also writing a novel about nuns and archaeologists. I have high hopes that procrastinating on one of those projects will result in finishing the other, or vice-versa.

Since 2010, most of my work in DC has been in historic preservation, with a focus on the architecture and development of DC's neighborhoods. A lot of my energy over in the other place was devoted to local DC matters—yelling about statehood, yelling at District agencies, following weather and traffic, etc. I expect I will remain there for those purposes as long as those functions continue.

#paleography #medievaldons #medieval #manuscripts #nuns #womenreligious #benedictines #archaeology #dchistory #dcstatehood #historicpreservation #preservation

@claudiom @mcornick @cosullivan @snowdusk @northernlights @gemlog @kelbot I just found out The Nine Lives of Marion Barry is free to watch on VUDU. An excellent, well-balanced documentary about a complex and troubled man, and arguably the most influential mayor of DC. Definitely worth watching. https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/The-Nine-Lives-of-Marion-Barry/277531 #dchistory #washingtondc