You ever want to think about cool things and share them on the blog, but you can't? A busy week's kept away the Call of the Siren, and it's made me feel like the unhappy-looking lady on the right side of this Burne-Jones painting, Laus Veneris. I think we're both feeling the same thing, but … Continue reading Weary, weary, weary
Category: Writing
Some painful reading
Here is the look of a great lady on the verge of death. Here is also the look of something else: What it feels like to read a bad book review. I love the grim, gray pages of the Times Literary Supplement -- make that grim, grey pages -- even though the reading can get … Continue reading Some painful reading
Readin’, Writin’ and RLS
What image do you see when you hear the word "Frankenstein"? Chances are, it’s Boris Karloff (avec neck bolts and platform boots) -- not the brooding, sewn-together creature who hides in a woodshed and reads John Milton (in Shelley’s novel). I really hate that. Movies and other popular media have ruined that gothic story, just … Continue reading Readin’, Writin’ and RLS
Nick Owchar 
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