Carin Ruff
@carinr.bsky.social
Medievalist, Latinist, paleographer, Episcopalian, with novel in progress. DC-based, with beagle. Web: ruffnotes.org
Cover image is from the Reichenau Gospels, Walters Art Museum MS W7 fol. 7r.
Cover image is from the Reichenau Gospels, Walters Art Museum MS W7 fol. 7r.
What brings you to DC? You should stop by our other downtown library with a great local history collection, the MLK Library at Gallery Place.
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What brings you to DC? You should stop by our other downtown library with a great local history collection, the MLK Library at Gallery Place.
Happy to bring a little library sunshine!
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Happy to bring a little library sunshine!
In short: it IS a library! dchistory.org/kiplinger-re...
Kiplinger Research Library
dchistory.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
In short: it IS a library! dchistory.org/kiplinger-re...
renovated library and archives space that's lovely to work in plus gallery space on the upper floor.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
renovated library and archives space that's lovely to work in plus gallery space on the upper floor.
solution for this critical resource in local history. Apple might not have been the tenant one would have dreamed up, but the benefit to local history has been worth it. SO much better than previous arrangements for the use of the downstairs building space. DC History Center now has a +
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
solution for this critical resource in local history. Apple might not have been the tenant one would have dreamed up, but the benefit to local history has been worth it. SO much better than previous arrangements for the use of the downstairs building space. DC History Center now has a +
No no no no! The Apple Store deal allowed the Historical Society of Washington (now the DC History Center) to stay and maintain its library, staff, and programming in the building without having to pay for the upkeep of the building. They had struggled for decades to find a sustainablle +
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
No no no no! The Apple Store deal allowed the Historical Society of Washington (now the DC History Center) to stay and maintain its library, staff, and programming in the building without having to pay for the upkeep of the building. They had struggled for decades to find a sustainablle +
Okay, I DEFINITELY need Acorn. Everything about City of Vice sounds like my jam. I'm so glad I asked!
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Okay, I DEFINITELY need Acorn. Everything about City of Vice sounds like my jam. I'm so glad I asked!
I've never gotten into zombies but I am definitely a fan of historical costume, so...
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I've never gotten into zombies but I am definitely a fan of historical costume, so...
I'm sure this was because I fell asleep listening to an audiobook in which characters (in 1963, mind you) were in Oxford and were cold. (Not that the '80s were all that different, central-heating-wise.)
Also, I had kicked off my comforter, or Dolly had stolen it.
Also, I had kicked off my comforter, or Dolly had stolen it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I'm sure this was because I fell asleep listening to an audiobook in which characters (in 1963, mind you) were in Oxford and were cold. (Not that the '80s were all that different, central-heating-wise.)
Also, I had kicked off my comforter, or Dolly had stolen it.
Also, I had kicked off my comforter, or Dolly had stolen it.
nearby in another college. At some point I seemed to have committed to doing another degree, 35 years after my last one. But it wasn't really an academic anxiety dream, it was more that I was cold and I couldn't manage to duck into a shop and buy a woolly jumper. +
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
nearby in another college. At some point I seemed to have committed to doing another degree, 35 years after my last one. But it wasn't really an academic anxiety dream, it was more that I was cold and I couldn't manage to duck into a shop and buy a woolly jumper. +
Yes! Just listened to the new one and it was great, and then I went back and relistened to the last but one one. I may need to relisten to the whole series, since it's been a while.
December 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Yes! Just listened to the new one and it was great, and then I went back and relistened to the last but one one. I may need to relisten to the whole series, since it's been a while.
Oh, good. I also need a new book series to get engrossed in. Thanks!
December 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Oh, good. I also need a new book series to get engrossed in. Thanks!
Ah, thanks! I have a note to myself to look up Man on the Inside and hadn't checked which service it was on.
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ah, thanks! I have a note to myself to look up Man on the Inside and hadn't checked which service it was on.
Love mysteries primarily but am also up for nonfiction series or anything I just shouldn't miss.
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Love mysteries primarily but am also up for nonfiction series or anything I just shouldn't miss.
I just restarted my Netflix subscription so I can watch Wake Up, Dead Man, which I will start shortly. What else should I not miss on Netflix while I have it? 2/2
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I just restarted my Netflix subscription so I can watch Wake Up, Dead Man, which I will start shortly. What else should I not miss on Netflix while I have it? 2/2