The year has come round to my favorite season — bittersweet, melancholy, glorious fall. Up where I was born the maples have already flamed and the leaf fall is far advanced. Here, the drabber foliage is beginning to filter down … Continue reading
Category Archives: Arts and Amusements
Today I am recommending a book you don’t want to read, but probably ought to. It is a dark, terrifying, troubling tale in which the worst impulses of humankind are floridly on display. It might be regarded as excellent Halloween … Continue reading
In a world of trouble, we give thanks for the slightest uplift. Therefore, Nobel week is worth celebrating. Yes, he got filthy rich from high explosives, but if he hadn’t done it somebody else would have. As Robert Heinlein once … Continue reading