by Eric I prefer brief books. In grade school I'd cart five Doctor Seuss books home from the library, read them all immediately. and...

by Mary This year a striking crop of volunteer foxgloves is growing in the back garden, flourishing in its shady grove. We calculated th...

by Eric Elsewhere in this newsletter Mary details the malicious machinations of malevolent trees. While it's true that lately we see...

by Mary I love trees so it follows I enjoy gazing at our surrounding woodland, especially when its autumn colours are spreading in statel...

by Mary In my early teens the grammar school I attended arranged for groups of girls chaperoned by a teacher to spend a weekend at its ca...

by Eric Astute readers of this newsletter -- and what mystery reader is not astute? -- will deduce from subtle clues herein that whereas ...

by Eric I just finished reading The Secret Adversary and The Mysterious Mr Quin so I figured I might write something about their author, ...