I love art, reading about art, mysteries about art, and the world of art forgery. According to several noted art historians, about 50% of the art...
As many of my readers know, I became a citizen of the Grand Dutchy of Flandrensis some time ago. We are a small, but mighty nation located off the...
As most of my readers have now figured out, I am an escapist reader at least part of the time. For me, this means the occasional murder, followed...
October is a month I reserve for “atmosphere.” Halloween is coming and I like to get warmed up for that special holiday with some creepy reading...
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1603) contains a lovely sentence: “I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy...
I thought I would be writing about water. Then it started to rain – again. I have to confess; I am a bit tired of water. Better to put off writing...
Once in a while a book comes along that makes me so excited I have to buy several copies and send them to friends and family. This time it’s more...
Summer is upon us and easy reading books, my lawn chair, and a tall glass of iced tea calls. I am winding down from a killer winter/spring schedule...
Lately, I have been reading about the discovery of “lost” cities. Of course, this prompts the question: How do you lose a city? It turns out, the...
This past year has been marked by a steep learning curve involving online work from home, the vow to never again wear pants that don’t have an...
A couple of weeks ago I awoke from a contented sleep with what I thought was the beginning of a heart attack: chest pressure, wildly beating heart,...
This is a big month for our solar system. The robot explorer Perseverance made a 300-million-mile journey through space and landed on Mars, an...