Witch Reviews“I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half vital motion. Frightful must it be; for SUPREMELY frightful would […]
For it was in high-school a really sensitive, introverted teen-age girl was introduced to Emily Dickinson and her world. My teacher, Mr. Versace, knew I was about to be kicked out of school for truancy and had no support of any type at home. I had no idea who Emily Dickinson was even though my […]
Copyright Helge Øverås When I started High School (some 25 years ago… gosh where did the time go?) I was introduced to the world of good and the not so good English teachers. Unfortunately the first couple of years the teachers which took my class fell into the latter category. I still remember their faces, […]
I think, baring some yet to be discovered tribes in the deepest parts of the Amazon, I was the last person on Earth to read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I borrowed a copy from a friend at the place where I was working then returned it completely read in about 3 days. […]
Cats are where it’s at… and that’s where I’m going to stop trying to write a Dr. Seuss type of blog post. Instead, I’ll blog about a few of my favorite famous, fictional cats, because my own cats are in the process of writing a blog with me, so everyone will have to wait to meet […]
I ordered this book from my local library for my husband because I saw it mentioned somewhere by someone and I actually remembered the title 10 minutes later. It’s not a new book and I had to wait several weeks for the librarians to dig it out of the county store as it was buried […]
Long live King Barbar! I was ruminating over and over asking myself “who or what can I write about with the letter “B” besides “Barney, the Dinosaur” who is one of my worst nightmares. This is my first post on ABC Wednesdays, so I wanted to write about someone I was really fond of. He […]
When I was 8 or 9 my parents’ friend came to visit us from Canada. I loved it when he’d visit because he always brought presents. Not little tourist trinkets either — he shopped at Harrods. On this visit, he gave me a red, leather-bound book of Alice in Wonderland. I’d never owned a book […]