Here's the new blog

I went ahead and created a new history blog last month, called The Casual Amateur Historian. Check it out.

A new start?

So here's the thing: I like posting about history on the very rare occasions that I remember to, but I feel stuck when it comes to posting here. With that in mind, I've been thinking for a bit* about just starting over with a brand new blog. A Matter of Expedients has been running since *checks* 2011, so I think eight years is long enough. I'll keep this up as an archive.

Of course, now I have to come up with a new name and hope that the few people who still read this thing will follow over.

The Notre Dame is burning and the heart breaks

This is an unfathomable tragedy and I only hope that if it can't be saved, that the Notre Dame will be rebuilt.