SIDESTEPPING THE EDITOR’S BRAIN I recently watched LONGREADS Episode 331 of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast by Brendan O’Meara, in which he interviews The Atavist editor Jonah Ogles and writer/editor-in-chief Seyward…
They are burying the Queen in London on Monday. In Bathurst I won’t be able to live stream proceedings in London, because Her Royal Highness’ grandfather caused the dismal legacy…
Shabbat Shalom, and with immense gratitude for fortitude and friendship through a difficult week, here is an introduction to a new poet for me. I have been thinking about how…
Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country’s blood. Th’ applause of…
Praying by Mary Oliver It doesn’t have to bethe blue iris, it could beweeds in a vacant lot, or a fewsmall stones; justpay attention, then patch a few words together…
I go up to Powder Magazine Hill most days, sometimes only as a shortcut over the hill down to the village, sometimes to meditate at sunrise or sunset, regularly to…
When I filled out the Proust Questionnaire, and wrote about my experience of being happy, and of the personal wealth that is contained in my recollections of that bliss, I…
Winston Churchill was so accustomed to visits by depression that he had a nickname for it - his ‘Black Dog’. Other sufferers of depression have since found Churchill’s ‘Black Dog’…
I like a movie adaptation that has been true to the original novel, and so a favourite film to watch is The Age of Innocence. It is legendary director Martin…
Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but…
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