Hello everyone, happy new year.

Another quick update on things at this end.

I am busy working on the narrative.

I've just reached the Black Death.

I can't believe it's been 12 years since I last encountered Yersinia Pestis,

and he's even nastier this time around.

Anyway, I have two interviews coming out shortly for you to enjoy, one with David Hendricks

of the Byzantine Legacy website, check him out on social media, and a return visit from

Father John Strickland to answer more questions about orthodoxy.

Both those episodes are being sponsored by Telepidea, a collection of live online courses

in Latin, ancient Greek, and the classical humanities offered by the Paidea Institute.

So if you've ever had a thought in your mind about maybe I would like to read a bit

of Latin or ancient Greek, they have beginner classes for you. They have conversation groups

and there are other courses in Italian, literary Arabic, biblical Hebrew and Egyptian. And one of the new

courses they're offering this term will follow the Greek anthology,

a collection of short poems from classical Greece through the Byzantine period,

which has informed some of the Byzantine stories I've done.

You can also follow Beads Historia Ecclesiastica.

So it's a really exciting opportunity.

Telepaidea courses are 10 weeks long.

They meet in small groups of no more than five students.

And the spring term will begin on February the 23rd.

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