A PRESCRIPTION FOR MESHUGGE MEDICINE
cindyphillips It’s just as well we can’t foretell the future, because if anyone had told me twenty years ago that I would be given strict medical orders to blog every day…
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COFFEE WITH A SOBER BUTCHER
The invaluable Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany references booze on almost every page, but – astonishingly – has only a handful of mentions of coffee! More surprising for a gourmet’s…
DO WE REALLY NEED A COMPREHENSIVE LEXICON OF GENTLER INSULTS TO RECOUNT OUR APPALLING HISTORY?
A WEEKLY DOSE OF FAITH Faith Grey is the pseudonym of an incorrigible flaneuse, freelance researcher, writer, and editor. I fled to the internet earlier
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE THAT BOOK?
If there’s a book inside you, don’t wait: rope in a ghostwriter now to help you tell your story. “One day, when I’m not so busy, I’m going to sit…
I WILL REMEMBER YOUR NAME!
Irene Cara is dead. According to the New York Times, “Cara died at her home in Largo, Florida, on November 25, 2022, at the age of 63. As of late…
MARROW BONES AND GRACE
FOR WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE I HAD LUNCH WITH FRIENDS RECENTLY, AND – AS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR ME – THEY SERVED MARROW BONES AS A STARTER. I…
KING HINTSA’S EARS, AND THE KEI MOUTH RONDAVELS WHERE LOUIS TRICHARDT PROBABLY PLANTED THE FIRST WEED.
KING HINTSA’S EARS, AND THE KEI MOUTH RONDAVELS WHERE LOUIS TRICHARDT PROBABLY PLANTED THE FIRST WEED. A friend asked me yesterday, in response to my claim to often reading the…
THE MOST CALLOUS ACT IN THE HISTORY OF EMPIRE
Continued, Please click here to read Part One. This article is largely extracted from the text of the late Tessa King’s address to the West Rand GSSA in 2005. The…
UTOPIA IS JUST TRANSCENDENTALISM WITH A RELIABLE CONSTABULARY
One must read books twice, once to chase the plot and then slowly, to enjoy the writer’s craft. I read my favourite books three times or more, because from the…
HOW TO KILL YOUR DARLINGS, PART 1
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…