JosieHolford

A Bonfire in the Dark

When I was in the emergency room last year having busted my elbow, a nurse asked whether I had ever…

1 week ago

Locked Out

Most of us have done it at some point or another - accidentally locked ourselves out of the house.  Raymond…

2 weeks ago

The #1970 Club: Germaine Greer and The Female Eunuch

Thanks to the #1970 Club, I've spent the spare moments of the past week immersed in The Female Eunuch and…

3 weeks ago

The Forgetful Mog

Thanks to the #1970 Club,  I have a new mog in my life and a new literary best friend in…

4 weeks ago

The #1970 Club: Language and Learning

The #1970 Club is starting tomorrow (October 14th) and I'm prepared with some reading and re-reading.  1970 offers a rich…

1 month ago

How do they live with themselves?

How Do They Live with Themselves? This was the question Roger Rosenblatt asked in The New York Times regarding the…

1 month ago

On the Road

"The pleasure [of motoring] is seeing Nature as I could in no other way see it; my car having ‘tops',…

1 month ago

September Round-Up

We've been lucky with the weather in NYC this September. Many bright, warm days The aftermath of the powerful hurricane…

1 month ago

Meaning Loss

In Meaning Loss, Sanje Ratnavale has written a practical and timely contribution to an important debate that all schools should…

2 months ago

Up Queer Street

Our friend Carol said we just had to read David Sedaris in the  September 9, 2024, New Yorker -  “The…

2 months ago

Harvest Moons

The 2024 harvest moon is September 17th.  First a poem courtesy of the Daily Poem at The Paris Review -…

2 months ago

Sextortion: Alas! I am undone

Half a century ago I received an anonymous telephone call from a woman who said she had found my name…

2 months ago

Water. Works. Closets.

As always, one thing leads to another. This time it's the post from Gert Loveday's Fun With Books that highlights…

2 months ago

City Summer Strolling

OK - so this image is misleading. My photo app tells me this is from last year when - on…

2 months ago

Life Itself

 One thing leads to another. How do you get from the Daily Poem in the Paris Review to a re-read…

3 months ago