Essays and Diversions

Over the Hills Bolton Castle  where Mary, Queen of Scots, was held prisoner in 1568 Ambrose Bierce, in his Devil's Dictionary , defines ...

Under the Bridge                                                 The stream Runs softly yet drowns the Past, The dark-lit stream has drowned...

 The Writing's on the Wall I was 22 when I took this picture in a poky little zinc, just by the Bouquinistes on the Rive Gauche of the S...