So Am I Whispers and War Cries: it’s the name and the guide. Do both, it tells me. Both/and as […]
Show Your Work
Not to get the good grade or the accolade, but for your own Self. Moment by moment, day by day, […]
99/365: The Scholar
Uploaded on September 16, 2011 My days among the Dead are past;around me I behold,where’er these casual eyes are cast,the […]
55/365: In a Library
Uploaded on August 3, 2011 A precious, mouldering pleasure ‘t isTo meet an antique bookIn just the dress his century […]
46/365: I’d Leave
Uploaded on July 25, 2011 I’d leave all the hurry,the noise and the frayFor a house full of booksand a […]
The Timeless Way of Building
This book is turning out to be a culmination, a perfect culmination, of all that I’ve read and studied and […]
A Leisurely Life
The time has come for silence. As I wrote and published at Substack and theruffdraft.com: It was made abundantly clear […]
Who’s Doing It Wrong?
“And you don’t mind, Milly?” “Oh, pagans can do almost anything, and you are pagans. Lucky you.” —Graham Greene, Our […]
Drink It In
I just finished reading one of Rosemary Sutcliff’s novels about Britain before 1,000 AD. My, how I love those books. […]