by Margaret | Apr 24, 2014 | language
I am reading Evangeline for some side research for my current book, and loved chancing upon this phrase this morning: “the odorous cornloft” Love that, Mr. Longfellow! It’s the simple things…
by Margaret | Apr 21, 2014 | writing life
I recently gave myself a free pass to buy a heap of books. You know, for research purposes. One of the first I tore through was Sometimes the Magic Works, by Terry Brooks, which I bought from the Cannon Beach Book Company (of Cannon Beach, OR). It is a book about...
by Margaret | Apr 8, 2014 | Titbits
Have you ever wondered about the time it took for people to move around in Ye Ole Days? Last month I attended a lecture put on by SASS, where one of the speakers spoke about the Hindenburg, the rigid airship that had revolutionized trans-Atlantic travel in the early...
