Thick mist on the Hudson this morning. No sign of the water or either bank from the center of the…
Digging into the women writers of WW2 led me to the short stories of Anna Kavan whose life and work…
As cats age - the leaping and jumping that once was so effortless is more of a struggle. You may…
“I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight…
The second half of: “The Island,” by Tove Jansson. Part one is here. It’s a rickety structure, one pays for…
The IslandFrom: “The Island” by Tove Jansson There is a surprisingly large number of people who go around dreaming about…
All the islands I have known become one island whose Eastern coast spreads sandy arms to welcome bathers and sea…
In his series of WW1 epitaphs, Rudyard Kipling comments on the all too common fate of a new soldier at…
I did, in the first weeks of the war, before I got my commission, suffer severely from 'evacuees'.- Evelyn Waugh in…
‘Oh, I know all about goats,’ Sonia was saying. ‘People give them the same recommendation as the billeting officers did…