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. […]
The Force of Bronze Cutting into Flesh
During the German occupation of Paris in World War II, Simone Weil, a French philosopher, published a small book (really […]
Poetry is Immaterial
Finally: a written confirmation of what I know but have been unable to express: page 42 in The Mind of […]
Worth Noting
The Brain of the Blogger I guess I have a problem with not using resources, goods, things in my possession. […]
Putting Family in Perspective
I had never heard of artist/critic Andrew Forge when I ordered a collection of his writings on art a few […]
Story Starters
What came through the air from Europe to America, nestled in the cold belly of an airplane, buffeted by currents […]