Recently there was a Facebook question making the rounds; ‘If you could remove anything from the world what would it be?’ The only answer I…
Most schoolchildren can recite the rhyme “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But when he arrived in the Americas what did he find, really?…
Dear Readers, I must confess, I am languishing. Yes, languishing. Say that word very slowly and it’s almost sexy — in an Austinesque, lazy laudanum…
If you are at all like most of us, there have been times in your life when you’ve wished you could slow everything down, read…
The time has come, the Walrus said, C.S. Lewis Almost everyone knows at least one whole poem or a few lines from a few favourites….
Adjusting to living by myself during lockdown has had a few challenges. Overall, it has not been so very terrible. My own company is not…
Sometimes it takes a calamity to slow you down. And other times, all you need is a near-miss. When I was in high school, my…
I’ve been so busy — or rather, I’ve kept myself so busy I don’t miss my old life. To be honest, or rather more specific,…
Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what…
There is a saying about life being short, and it may be true. I prefer to say life is long — youth is short. In…