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Review: The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow

That Opal is a disturbed little girl is a certainty, although there is some debate about what exactly her mental illness is. There is no doubt whatever about her contribution as a gifted naturalist. As a young woman she was often asked to lecture on the subject, and was admitted to the University [...]

Summer is the worst time for writing.

The Summer is the worst time for writing. There is simply too much other distracting creativity going on around you. There’s the garden, of course, which takes up most of your free time. It is just so hard to sit at a computer and write when the sun [...]

“Why you should wish to publish Heaven knows.”

So, this is my blog. What to say, what to say?
Normally, I discourage writing unless one has something to say, unless one is deeply moved to do so. I recall Alceste’s rather snide response to Oronte in the first act of Moliere’s Le Misanthrope:

You’re under no necessity to compose;
Why you should wish [...]