Archive - The PAST & the CURIOUS

The History of How We Think

Notes on power, truth, and the quiet work of understanding

Mar 29 • Anthony Michael

The Night the Ships Went Quiet

The history books gave it one sentence. Twenty-seven men went ashore. None returned. This piece lives in everything that sentence left out.

Mar 19 • Anthony Michael

Footnotes Worth Reading #1

Some stories endure as headlines.

Mar 1 • Anthony Michael

February 2026

Notes Left in the Dark

The slow work of turning thoughts into sentences

Feb 11 • Anthony Michael

Between Rain and Silence

On listening to the world when it slows down

Feb 5 • Anthony Michael

January 2026

Where Dust Still Breathes

Dust on the pages,

Jan 22 • Anthony Michael

Jan 4 • Anthony Michael

December 2025

The Light That Lingers (and Why You Should Chill Out)

We live in a culture obsessed with completion.

Dec 15, 2025 • Anthony Michael

November 2025

When a Book on Trade Gave Me a New Way to Read the Past

When I first picked up Ronald Rogowski’s book “Commerce and Coalitions” about a week ago from my shelf, I approached it as many students of history…

Nov 26, 2025 • Anthony Michael

October 2025

You Can’t Unscramble the Egg

A short thought on your past, your omelet, and the art of moving forward.

Oct 27, 2025 • Anthony Michael

The Shore at Mactan, 1521

The sea does not remember the names they shouted.

Oct 21, 2025 • Anthony Michael

When the Ground Remembered Its Power

It was about lunchtime when the world beneath us sighed.

Oct 16, 2025 • Anthony Michael