Ryan_in_Oregon
@ryanoregon.bsky.social
New England born, veteran, hiker, angler, adult onset hunter. Books, coffee, cured meats & music. Homicide, missing person and cold cases. SSE / forensics. Just another ghost walking the hills.
Tonight’s read “Guigemar” in the Lais of Marie de France
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Tonight’s read “Guigemar” in the Lais of Marie de France
This passage, written approximately 1136, feels entirely relevant to today
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This passage, written approximately 1136, feels entirely relevant to today
George V Higgins “Cogan’s Trade”
This is just pitch perfect
This is just pitch perfect
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
George V Higgins “Cogan’s Trade”
This is just pitch perfect
This is just pitch perfect
Current crime read and Higgins is just a master portrait artist of grimy Boston.
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Current crime read and Higgins is just a master portrait artist of grimy Boston.
The line up once I finish Geoffrey of Monmouth
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The line up once I finish Geoffrey of Monmouth
If there’s one thing those shelves have taught me through the years, it’s that human nature is constant, immutable, compassionate and cruel in equal measure. Another lesson learned, is that the central question for a human is that I must make a choice for justice in an unjust and cruel world, a
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
If there’s one thing those shelves have taught me through the years, it’s that human nature is constant, immutable, compassionate and cruel in equal measure. Another lesson learned, is that the central question for a human is that I must make a choice for justice in an unjust and cruel world, a
Today’s round trip commute
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Today’s round trip commute
Ah, Lear enters the stage with his daughters
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Ah, Lear enters the stage with his daughters
Next stop on the tour of medieval England. Going post 1066, with one of the works that inspired the Norman mania for Britonic (non Anglo-Saxon or Dane) heroes like Arthur
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Next stop on the tour of medieval England. Going post 1066, with one of the works that inspired the Norman mania for Britonic (non Anglo-Saxon or Dane) heroes like Arthur
This book is incredible. The first chapter was about as dark as detective fiction gets, and this chapter had me laughing so hard I got a stitch in my side so bad I had to stop reading.
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This book is incredible. The first chapter was about as dark as detective fiction gets, and this chapter had me laughing so hard I got a stitch in my side so bad I had to stop reading.
The Glitter Dome. This cooks
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Glitter Dome. This cooks
Well, things escalated fast in Germania then
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Well, things escalated fast in Germania then
Next read and it’s off to a hell of a start
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Next read and it’s off to a hell of a start
I would very much like to thank @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social for the “Crimes of the Century” reading list. More on the way.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I would very much like to thank @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social for the “Crimes of the Century” reading list. More on the way.
Another theme that is loud and clear in Bede is that everyone better be using the right calendar, and calculating the date of Easter the same. I’m 180 pages in, and there have been several England-wide and international disputes on this.
November 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Another theme that is loud and clear in Bede is that everyone better be using the right calendar, and calculating the date of Easter the same. I’m 180 pages in, and there have been several England-wide and international disputes on this.
Bishop Chad again.
“This was in the 720s, before SSRIs” / RFK jr voice
“This was in the 720s, before SSRIs” / RFK jr voice
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bishop Chad again.
“This was in the 720s, before SSRIs” / RFK jr voice
“This was in the 720s, before SSRIs” / RFK jr voice
This passage is just unintentionally hilarious in modern usage “… and Chad”
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This passage is just unintentionally hilarious in modern usage “… and Chad”
Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
This is the cost of war. Don’t look away.
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is the cost of war. Don’t look away.