Wordless

Or maybe not. I hope that if I say I feel wordless, the words will snap to attention and start pouring out. That’s the way it usually happens, at any rate. I hate endings, and all of fall is about endings.

Eras

Why is it that certain eras attract our imagination more than others? I’ve got a Sherlock Holmes mystery on now. London in the 1880’s seems to be an extremely well-travelled area of the popular imagination, especially for mysteries. Then there’s the earlier Regency era for romances, and the middle ages for all sorts of adventures … Continue reading Eras

Words of One Syllable Dept.

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