Tell me Muse, how it all began…

It began with the Wonder of asking:

What If?

It Intrigued with the Writing of History.

It evolved into expeditions of a Time-Traveling Chameleon.

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2025

New York

Can we really travel through time?

With a book and our imagination, we can go anywhere!

Every time you dig into the past - research your family line, or an era that takes your fancy - you travel back through Time.

You keep company with History!

Come with me through the Portal, and…

Let History blow your mind!

Musings of a Chameleon

There is no more apt an image than Miranda, from Shakespeare’s, The Tempest, staring out to sea watching a shipwreck in motion, to reflect Letters in Time.

The following sections will provide you an overview of what you can come across in your travels.

 

The links will take you to the individual rooms or wings on the Timeline which align with your interests.

 

Or you can leap straight through the portal and access the entire Works by clicking the Entry link - sitting atop the rocks near Miranda’s delicate boot.

 

The choice is yours.

The complete works

A sampling to peruse from the Complete Works of

‘Musings of a Chameleon’

Essay - Dispatch - Commonplace

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The Roman Republic’s triumph was not won solely in battle.

From: Ancient Rome and Antiquity

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The many mediums of capturing history.

From: The Time-Traveler’s Dispatch

A couple sitting on a balcony, sharing a kiss and enjoying the city view of tall buildings, trees lining the street, and a bright sky.

Modern minds can benefit from the wisdom of the ancient sage.

From: Commonplace

The Time-Traveler’s Dispatch

The place where portals open, known and unknown worlds are revealed, and intrigue awaits.

Enter the time capsule

Ancient Worlds

The Time of:

Brilliance & Daring

Virtues & Vices

Building & Beauty

All roads lead home
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Commonplace

locus communis

An open hardcover book with yellowed pages resting on a wooden surface, with a small silver pen in front, and a wooden box with a keyhole in the background.
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Meminesse

(To remember)

Commit to memory

History & Politics

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Human Meaning

The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid.’

~ Livy

A legislative chamber with many seated people, possibly lawmakers, around a central speaking area with a raised platform, desks, and a few standing individuals.

Two thousand years does not change how humans act.

It is the Outliers who change mindsets.

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You cannot escape