: About Me

I was born in Sardinia, and being adopted, grew up in the US. I am married for 25 years, and have two sons, one graduating college and the other soon to start college. I am an ordained priest in a Kemetic religion. I am very interested in holistic health, and prepare aromatherapy blends and formulas for meditation, stress-relief, skincare, and physical well-being.

I am a voracious reader of Roman, Etruscan, and Egyptian history, as well as Cussler, Peters, Hillerman, Asimov, and whatever other subjects might catch my eye. Several years ago three of my short-stories appeared in DAW books anthologies, and since i am studying Egyptology Ancient History in graduate school I am working on a series of novels based in ancient Egypt.

I love to travel and have been to Pompeii, Rome, Hawaii, Mexico, Colorado, Maine, Egypt, Greece, cruising through the Adriatic and the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean.

My passion is ...

Reading

I know too much about ...

not as much as I would like.

My parents always told me ...

Work hard.

My childhood ambition ...

To be an astronaut.

My favorite memory ...

Getting married in Las Vegas.

Why I write ...

Sometimes stories just have to be told.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

"Foundation's Triumph" and "Gods and Men in Egypt"

My first job ...

working in a local grocery store.

My best moment ...

Giving birth to my first son.

My inspiration ...

Watching people around me.

Arts & Humanities > Middle Ages The immediate cause of the first crusade

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The First Crusade occurred between 1095 and 1099. It began with the plea from Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus I to the Pope in Rome and the Western nations to send him help against the encroaching Seljuk Turks. It ended when the European Crusaders captured Jerusalem. It seems inadequate to point to one brief clarion call to action. Motives and the events that inspired those motives, mistakes, errors and grand designs must also be analyzed to reach better understanding of the WHY a thing happened. The Near East had become united under a Muslim banner. Jerusalem had surrendered to the Ara...

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