“Remember to get the weather in your damn book — weather is very important.” ~~ Ernest Hemingway September first marks the beginning of Meteorological Fall, and with that traditionally the promise, the hope of cooler autumnal temperatures. This year the seasonal transition has other plans in mind and in its stead finds us making our … Continue reading Stay Cool…
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Dog Days
“The summer night was starless and stirless, with distant spasms of silent lightning.” ~~ Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire The end of July finds us whisking through the long Dog Days of summer as we get reacquainted with and acclimated to North Carolina weather in our new home. They say that the origin of the Dog Days … Continue reading Dog Days
Just Around the Corner…
“After all, the only rule of travel is, Don’t come back the way you went. Come a new way.”— Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry We are at the insane time of year when so much happens in so short a period. It is less than two months until the New Year, weeks away from … Continue reading Just Around the Corner…
And Just Like That
It was one of the loveliest days in early autumn, and the general atmosphere had a tendency to subdue every feeling of the heart and threw me in a thoughtful mood. ~Charles Lanman, "Musings," 1840 As we leave the long days of summer I continue to work on revising and completing my novel “Trade Winds” … Continue reading And Just Like That
Summer
“The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever.” ― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web As we head toward the dog days of summer I have been working on revising and completing my novel “Trade Winds” as well as drafting short story ideas. From those, a new short story, Paper … Continue reading Summer
There’s the Rub
("There's the rub." Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1) We recently saw Hamlet in Denver's Wolf Theatre at the DCPA. The extremely well-done production had us mesmerized as we, the audience, along with his friends and family watch Hamlet slip into and through his psychosis. Is it a feint or has he crossed into deep melancholy … Continue reading There’s the Rub
Duane M. Engelhardt 