Midatlantic

Forgive me if I get personal here for a bit. It’s spring in Washington DC (despite the fact we had a smattering of snow last night). The ch...

Princess Titaua and her family, late 1880s I am deep into the picture research for my short biography of Titaua Salmon, which will be pub...

One of the milder swans of Coole I know it’s a few days late for St. Patrick’s Day, but I just ran across this brilliant description by t...

I’d like to share with you a beautiful poem – Tiare Tahiti – written by the English poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) while he was in living i...

Young woman reading in an attic bedroom by Alice Squire (1840-1936) I have made a few stupid decisions in my life, and almost all of them...

Myself (looking sunburned, sweaty and blonde!) with Yvette Brander, the great-great-great granddaughter of Ariitaimai and Alexander Salmo...

Queen Marau in her later years Ariitaimai never recovered from Pri’s death and followed her to the grave in 1897. With the matriarch gon...