How to write about snow
It’s March. The week of March 9 was the first time this year that it snowed here where we live.Continue Reading
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Read the novel of “Hamnet” before you watch the movie
On Jan. 11, 2026, “Hamnet”, directed by Chloé Zhao, won Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Actress in aContinue Reading
This is a keeper: “Always Remember”
Charlie Mackesy’s first book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, published in 2019, is special. It isContinue Reading
One line that speaks volumes
Here is a line in a letter that the famous author Katherine Mansfield wrote on Aug. 25, 1915: “This isContinue Reading
How can something sad also be beautiful?
I have lots of quotes from songs, poems and novels floating about in my head, probably taking up space thatContinue Reading
Beautiful and tragic – “…A deathless song”
There are many wonderful love stories. There are fewer love stories that are also tragedies. Here are the words, writtenContinue Reading
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High calibre writing – Arm of the Sphinx, by Josiah Bancroft
Some writers write so clearly, elegantly and expressively that reading their words is like drinking a glass of the bestContinue Reading
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