top of page



MAJESTIE: A GENESIS OF STYLE
THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY of the King James Bible (1611-2011) was approaching and I had just finished the first draft of a novel, a paunchy...
187 views
0 comments


THE DARLING BUDS
MY FONDNESS FOR MAY borders on idolatry. I admit that. Her touch is a breeze of sunlight. Her laughter, the pelt of a rose. That it is my...
292 views
0 comments


AND MUSIC AT THE CLOSE: PARTING WORDS
IN SHAKESPEARE'S RICHARD II, Richard's uncle, "old John of Gaunt," infirm, close to death, makes an observation on the value of parting...
246 views
0 comments


FOR A PENNY'S WORTH OF HAMLET
IT WAS AN AGE WHEN PLAYS, poems, and letters were written in longhand. The pen was not just metaphor. Try to imagine a slower, more even...
296 views
0 comments
bottom of page