Monday, February 26, 2024

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Rankin Rebus

 


Ian Rankin, like any good authors, knows things worth sharing.



Friday, February 16, 2024

IDENTIKIT



"Pukwudji, that's the name -- the trickster -- I wanted to remember!"

Time for a rereading:
Charles de Lint's MOONHEART.


Photo:
Medieval/Renaissance and Classical texts, Moonheart,
class props, and clay friends.



Book, Glass, and Cat

 


Adam Nicolson's "Sea Room";

Bushmill's

Lady.

Comfort Food

 


Pork cutlets and vegetables in a stew.

My mother's favorite double-base pan.

Good memories every time.


Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Luck Conspired With Fire Here

 


Pit-fired mermaid.

First pit-fired experience, ages ago.

Ocean Beach, SF.



Thursday, February 8, 2024

Whisky with Lady and My Favorite Book

 


Edradour, which sounds Hobbitish, don't you think?


Hail, Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo Baggins, Captain Brandybuck, and Thorfinn the Mighty.


Thursday, February 1, 2024

Doodle 1988: Ragnar the Bold

 


Ragnar the Bold looking up at you from my "Beowulf" notebook (one of two).


Ottar Naked Smiling Swam

 

Ottar naked smiling swam

Into the mere knife in hand.

-- from an old poem


I taught "Beowulf" and had a swim today.

I don't know why the lifeguard threw me out . . . .