Susan Wise Bauer
@sjwbauer.bsky.social
Writer, historian, educator, mother/daughter/sister/wife, person.
Successful Thanksgiving weekend--the trees are trimmed, all the traditional Christmas decorations are out, and we're thoroughly into the holiday season!
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Successful Thanksgiving weekend--the trees are trimmed, all the traditional Christmas decorations are out, and we're thoroughly into the holiday season!
Reporting back in!
Thanksgiving Day was relaxed and joyful. We had cinnamon rolls at 11 and then basically ate small plates the rest of the day, mostly one or two things at a time. Everyone opened their Advent calendars. There were games. We kept the fire going all day.
Thanksgiving Day was relaxed and joyful. We had cinnamon rolls at 11 and then basically ate small plates the rest of the day, mostly one or two things at a time. Everyone opened their Advent calendars. There were games. We kept the fire going all day.
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Reporting back in!
Thanksgiving Day was relaxed and joyful. We had cinnamon rolls at 11 and then basically ate small plates the rest of the day, mostly one or two things at a time. Everyone opened their Advent calendars. There were games. We kept the fire going all day.
Thanksgiving Day was relaxed and joyful. We had cinnamon rolls at 11 and then basically ate small plates the rest of the day, mostly one or two things at a time. Everyone opened their Advent calendars. There were games. We kept the fire going all day.
Last year’s Thanksgiving was NOT a good one for me. Looking back, that was inevitable. My mother had died less than three weeks before, my father six months before that, and Thanksgiving was always their holiday.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Last year’s Thanksgiving was NOT a good one for me. Looking back, that was inevitable. My mother had died less than three weeks before, my father six months before that, and Thanksgiving was always their holiday.
Long walk down Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg on a blue-sky November day. Just appreciating my local beauty. (It's easy to forget it when you see it often.)
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Long walk down Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg on a blue-sky November day. Just appreciating my local beauty. (It's easy to forget it when you see it often.)
Please consider a pre-order of my upcoming book, THE GREAT SHADOW! Read more about it here:
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Susan Wise Bauer (@susanwisebauer)
If you’re a follower of my work, please consider pre-ordering my upcoming book The Great Shadow.
This book really grew out of my narrative world history series for W. W. Norton (that would be The His...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Please consider a pre-order of my upcoming book, THE GREAT SHADOW! Read more about it here:
substack.com/@susanwiseba...
substack.com/@susanwiseba...
I am mostly an X-refugee these days, but this gave me a good election-day chuckle.
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am mostly an X-refugee these days, but this gave me a good election-day chuckle.
Here I am saying hello to the donkeys this morning.
Athena and Thelonius, currently on guard duty in the duck pen, are always very glad to see me, in the hopes that breakfast will follow shortly...be sure to put on the sound!
Athena and Thelonius, currently on guard duty in the duck pen, are always very glad to see me, in the hopes that breakfast will follow shortly...be sure to put on the sound!
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Here I am saying hello to the donkeys this morning.
Athena and Thelonius, currently on guard duty in the duck pen, are always very glad to see me, in the hopes that breakfast will follow shortly...be sure to put on the sound!
Athena and Thelonius, currently on guard duty in the duck pen, are always very glad to see me, in the hopes that breakfast will follow shortly...be sure to put on the sound!
Charles McNamara at Commonweal, about classical ideals and how they differ from the Turning Point model: Please read.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gladiator-ga...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gladiator-ga...
The Gladiator & the Gadfly
Heated political debates make for good content, but a good education requires patient deliberation and reflective free-thinking.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Charles McNamara at Commonweal, about classical ideals and how they differ from the Turning Point model: Please read.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gladiator-ga...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/gladiator-ga...
Great advice from the newsletter written by Sunday Times children's book reviewer, Nicollette Jones.
"Remember that the goal is reading for pleasure. Never criticise what children choose to read. Accept comics, graphic novels, non-fiction and audiobooks....
"Remember that the goal is reading for pleasure. Never criticise what children choose to read. Accept comics, graphic novels, non-fiction and audiobooks....
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Great advice from the newsletter written by Sunday Times children's book reviewer, Nicollette Jones.
"Remember that the goal is reading for pleasure. Never criticise what children choose to read. Accept comics, graphic novels, non-fiction and audiobooks....
"Remember that the goal is reading for pleasure. Never criticise what children choose to read. Accept comics, graphic novels, non-fiction and audiobooks....
Public service announcement--the Orionid meteor showers peak tonight and tomorrow night! Go outside, if you can, and lie in some grass.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/o...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/o...
Orionid meteor shower: What to know and how to watch
Everything to know about the Orionid meteor shower before it peaks this week.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Public service announcement--the Orionid meteor showers peak tonight and tomorrow night! Go outside, if you can, and lie in some grass.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/o...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/o...
Well, still haven't quite made it to the shower, but the animals are fed, the horses have been schooled, the urgent emails polished off, some writing completed, the pea soup and cheese bread underway for dinner, AND I VOTED.
If you've got local elections coming up, don't forget to vote.
If you've got local elections coming up, don't forget to vote.
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Well, still haven't quite made it to the shower, but the animals are fed, the horses have been schooled, the urgent emails polished off, some writing completed, the pea soup and cheese bread underway for dinner, AND I VOTED.
If you've got local elections coming up, don't forget to vote.
If you've got local elections coming up, don't forget to vote.
If you plan to vote Democrat in Virginia's elections this fall, please consider writing in Shannon Taylor rather than Jay Jones for Attorney General. Jones narrowly defeated Taylor; she is fully qualified and also has not, so far as I know, advocated shooting political opponents.
October 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you plan to vote Democrat in Virginia's elections this fall, please consider writing in Shannon Taylor rather than Jay Jones for Attorney General. Jones narrowly defeated Taylor; she is fully qualified and also has not, so far as I know, advocated shooting political opponents.
Probably my favorite Frog and Toad quote ever.
October 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Probably my favorite Frog and Toad quote ever.
Just reading through this list and seeing all those wonderful, familiar book covers made me feel all warm and wistful inside. But I also particularly enjoyed the recommendations from 2010 on, when my own children were past the picture book stage.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
65 Essential Children’s Books
Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature
www.theatlantic.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just reading through this list and seeing all those wonderful, familiar book covers made me feel all warm and wistful inside. But I also particularly enjoyed the recommendations from 2010 on, when my own children were past the picture book stage.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
October flowers, October morning mist, and hosting October Sunday Lunch on the farm.
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
October flowers, October morning mist, and hosting October Sunday Lunch on the farm.
Thoughts on writing history. substack.com/@susanwiseba...
Susan Wise Bauer (@susanwisebauer)
Last week, one of my followers posted, “Would you have time to take a stab on...how someone could learn to research and write popular history?”
I’d be happy to return to this topic again, but I’ve be...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Thoughts on writing history. substack.com/@susanwiseba...
I love the ads I get on FB after I post about horses.
Fifteen minutes on a horse in this, and you'd have lost most of the skin from inner thigh down to your upper calf. Just providing a reality check.
(Also, sweetie, let go of the horn. That's not what it's for.)
www.shopdoen.com/products/ann...
Fifteen minutes on a horse in this, and you'd have lost most of the skin from inner thigh down to your upper calf. Just providing a reality check.
(Also, sweetie, let go of the horn. That's not what it's for.)
www.shopdoen.com/products/ann...
Anneliese Dress - Salt | DÔEN
A favorite of our co-founder, Katherine, the Anneliese Dress is an intricate treasure crafted from soft, lightweight organic cotton voile.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I love the ads I get on FB after I post about horses.
Fifteen minutes on a horse in this, and you'd have lost most of the skin from inner thigh down to your upper calf. Just providing a reality check.
(Also, sweetie, let go of the horn. That's not what it's for.)
www.shopdoen.com/products/ann...
Fifteen minutes on a horse in this, and you'd have lost most of the skin from inner thigh down to your upper calf. Just providing a reality check.
(Also, sweetie, let go of the horn. That's not what it's for.)
www.shopdoen.com/products/ann...
In a change from my usual work routines, I'm scribing at the Region 1 Dressage Finals in Lexington, Virgina.
Heading home tomorrow, feeling as if I've had a vacation.
Heading home tomorrow, feeling as if I've had a vacation.
October 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In a change from my usual work routines, I'm scribing at the Region 1 Dressage Finals in Lexington, Virgina.
Heading home tomorrow, feeling as if I've had a vacation.
Heading home tomorrow, feeling as if I've had a vacation.
Just a reminder that my Thursday Substacks are all about history.
susanwisebauer.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
susanwisebauer.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The Truth About Vengeance
It doesn't turn out the way you hope it will
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October 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Just a reminder that my Thursday Substacks are all about history.
susanwisebauer.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
susanwisebauer.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The new edition of a book that I have always been proud of...but I think the revisiion is even better.
welltrainedmind.com/story-of-the...
welltrainedmind.com/story-of-the...
October 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The new edition of a book that I have always been proud of...but I think the revisiion is even better.
welltrainedmind.com/story-of-the...
welltrainedmind.com/story-of-the...
A little while ago, a reader posted a comment over on FB requiring me to explain how my “personal convictions” affect my approach to writing history. Let me refer you to Chapter Seven of The Well-Educated Mind, which tells you everything you need to know about my approach to history.
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A little while ago, a reader posted a comment over on FB requiring me to explain how my “personal convictions” affect my approach to writing history. Let me refer you to Chapter Seven of The Well-Educated Mind, which tells you everything you need to know about my approach to history.
Texas has appointed David Barton as Expert Content Advisor for the 2025 revision of Texas's history standards. But
Barton is no historian. His sole academic credit is a BA in religious education from ORU. His books are peppered with errors, mis-citations, and historical fallacies. Texas, do better.
Barton is no historian. His sole academic credit is a BA in religious education from ORU. His books are peppered with errors, mis-citations, and historical fallacies. Texas, do better.
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Texas has appointed David Barton as Expert Content Advisor for the 2025 revision of Texas's history standards. But
Barton is no historian. His sole academic credit is a BA in religious education from ORU. His books are peppered with errors, mis-citations, and historical fallacies. Texas, do better.
Barton is no historian. His sole academic credit is a BA in religious education from ORU. His books are peppered with errors, mis-citations, and historical fallacies. Texas, do better.
