Res Publica - The Public Thing

What is Dis?  It takes its meaning from Dis Pater - “rich father.”  Cicero would associate it with dives - riches and abundance. It is also associated with Hades, hence the oft used interpretation of Hell or Lucifer. In architectural terms, it can be interpreted as a walled, iron city

If one wants to experience a snapshot of life in a bygone era, it is to be found within the pages of a book. If a deeper and more engrossing experience is sought, then it is to be discovered within the shelter of a library. For most of us plebs,

I wish all of you a wonderful Christmas and I sincerely hope the New Year ahead is good for you, and for us all. Thanks to each of you for your support of my writing. It means more than you can know. I am a small cog in the enormous

Waiting and sacrifice can gift us unknown treasures. I drew maps when I was a young child. Lots of maps. Adventure ones. They are all lost now. Sitting at a desk in my room with only paper, pencil and my imagination, I created maps of islands surrounded by ocean. The

Welcome to my new home on Ghost. I have finally made the jump from Substack, who sadly have given in to the Australian government’s bizarre authoritarian Under 16 social media ban, despite them not even being on the hit list. I have now been completely locked out from that