I started Lesson 3 in Hoch’s Middle Egyptian Grammar book this week. This chapter is long and complex, filled with quite a few topics. Over the next few days, I may be describing some of them, more as a reference for me, but also for those of...
My Middle Egyptian studies are going well, but I found myself having to spend an inordinate amount of time trying the correlate the determinatives at the end of most Egyptians words with the Gardiner sign number. You may recall that this is required...
For the past few months, everyone, it seems, has been working on learning new things, starting new hobbies, or engaging in other activities. Normally, I work from home every other week, so for me, the transition to full-time work from home was not...
When Sharon and I discussed creating this blog, I had visions of writing about interesting and relevant topics – at least interesting and relevant to me. You know, important topics like Network Virtualization Overlay Solution Using Ethernet...
As we described in This Is Not a Normal House, we live off-grid in the literal sense of not being connected to any fixed utility grid. This means that we generate and store all of our own electricity. In the winter here in the snowy north that means...
Welcome to Noctiluca North, the Bender family home on the web. Thanks for coming over! Please come in. However, do remember that this is our oasis. We would love to hear from you and converse with you in comments, but this is not exactly a free...