In the early days of my marriage to Judi, we experienced a windfall. When she was small, her grandfather bequeathed her and two other relatives a plot of land, in an undeveloped part of Florida. Her section was never worth more than about $500.00, for about half an acre (I think). Then, for a few […]
I’m currently reading THE GREAT DETECTIVE by Zach Dundas, a splendid history of Sherlock Holmes from Edgar Allan Poe (whose Dupin was a Holmes predecessor), through Basil Rathbone all the way to Downey and Cumberbatch. I haven’t even passed Conan Doyle’s era yet, and I can already see that Dundas picks up meanings that most […]
Originally published on Facebook March 5 2014. My pal George Peterson informs me that narrative dreams are not dreams, but actually tales we come up with in a semi-waking state based on the unconnected frag…ments of the night before. I absolutely buy this. It makes sense. And it dovetails with personal experience. It still *feels* […]
