Convivium

Many remember Rodney King’s famous question “Can’t we all get along?” after his ruthless beating by Los Angeles police officers was caught on tape and sparked devastating citywide race riots in the early 1990s. Rodney King’s question remains unanswered. Evidence that we are getting better at gettting along is pierced with news stories from around the world that [...]

Rosemary Gould will be the discussion leader for Classical Pursuits’ spring trip, Founding Farmer; Thomas Jefferson at Home. Rosemary lives in Charlottesville and is eager to share it with Ann Kirkland and other inquiring minds who love great literature, architecture, and history. Rosemary writes: When I first came to Charlottesville as a college student visiting [...]

In May flowering trees and plants festoon Charlottesville in white and pink blossoms. Petals fall like so much confetti. Pink and white dogwood, magnolia, redbud, azaleas. The annual epidemic of Spring Fever returns. And Thomas Jefferson, besides being one of America’s Founding Fathers and third President, was a brilliant horticulturist and botanist who clearly understood [...]

A surprising number of people chose to be armchair fellow travellers as I walked the Camino de Santiago last summer/fall. I posted daily accounts of my physical and interior travels and along with some photos on Facebook. I have now reassembled those day by day notes along with the comments of followers in to an easy to read [...]

Sure, he was the third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, but what about his sex life? Though he was famously private when it came to his personal affairs, few historical topics have undergone as much speculation as Jefferson’s personal life and relationships with these women. Martha Jefferson: Martha and Thomas Jefferson [...]

In the merry month of May, when the azaleas and dogwood are in full bloom, we will make our way to Charlottesville, Virginia to become better acquainted with that most dazzling of American founding fathers on his home turf, Thomas Jefferson. It is common knowledge that Jefferson was the third President of the United States. [...]

Never has there been such fierce competition. After some Classical Pursuits trips, we have few or now entries for our contests. But even while we were in Egypt, it was clear that a handful of travellers were snapping away with visions of photographic fame dancing through their heads. Five esteemed judges – Maxine Sidran, Diana [...]