by Mary We now return to our continuing series titled When Household Machinery Goes Rogue. In Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Lord Byron ...

by Eric Recently a friend emailed some jpgs of old toy advertisements he'd dug up on the Internet. I remembered seeing similar ads on...

by Mary As with all readers, bookcases have been a constant presence in my living spaces. The first graced a Victorian terraced house, ...

by Eric It's mid-afternoon and the cafe in downtown Manhattan is brightly lit but the actor who goes by the name A. Mann is only a fl...

by Mary Dining by candlelight sounds romantic but not when there's been no power for almost a week. Such was the case when the 1978...

by Eric Out here in the Pennsylvania mountains winter comes down like old age. Everything creaks: the walls at night; the stairs as I car...

by Eric When I was small my grandmother read me the story of Scuppers the Sailor Dog. The Little Golden book, written by Margaret Wise Br...