The Philosopher's Stone

What Kierkegaard and Dickenson had in common was an intense arrogance that scorned the customary recognitions and awards of the literary or ...

Our cat is very sick, and we spent a good deal of time at the vet, so it will be at least tomorrow before I can continue my Appreciation of ...

I begin today a series of brief, subjective discussions of individual works that I have chosen to call "Appreciations."   These Ap...

Well, it seems that I am outvoted on the issue of anonymity, so I shall withdraw my objections to the practice, and henceforth allow comment...

I have said this before, and I will say it again.  When you get up the courage to come out from behind your pseudonym and identify yourself ...

Susie and I returned home last night at 11:30 p.m., massively jet-lagged and exhausted after a trip made much more difficult by Continental ...

The fridge is cleaned out, the bags are packed, and in a short while we shall catch a cab to Charles de Gaulle Aerogare and fly home to Chap...