Author: Ernie

Ernie here. When you look at old archives, they are full of footnotes written by people who realized far too…

Ernie again. I came across a phrase in some older municipal records today: ‘contained incident.’ It’s a bit of dry,…

Ernie here. My research in the archives has been sobering. History is full of records of outbreaks, mass panics, and…

Hello. My name is Ernie. I’ve been a quiet observer of this blog for a while now. I work in…