by Margaret | Feb 19, 2015 | process, Titbits
Did you know? I found this tit-bit nestled in some crook of the internet as I was hunting for likely titles for my next book. From the Wikipedia entry on The Name of Action, by Graham Greene: “The book was badly received by critics and suffered poor sales....
by Margaret | Jan 15, 2015 | Titbits
I thought today would be a good day for a roundup of interesting places I’ve come across in my wanderings online, that I’d like to visit in my meanderings on-land! Mother’s Shipton’s Cave & Petrifying Well This is a tourist site, yes, but...
by Margaret | Nov 20, 2014 | Titbits
What is your favorite seat in the house? Mine is a cozy wingback that I found on Craigslist last year. It is perfect for reading, napping, and tea-drinking. I am fascinated by the idea that while we shape our individual homes, the furniture of the times shape us in...
by Margaret | Oct 23, 2014 | Titbits
What do you think of when you hear the word ‘FALLS’ ? Niagara? A comedy sketch? Or a man’s fly? Apparently, it used to be plural, as in a man’s flies, or as they were also known, “falls.” I found this in the fascinating descriptions...
by Margaret | Oct 3, 2014 | Titbits
Like the chance reference to mufti dress found in Ian Rankin, I’ve had another chance reference lead me down a little rabbit hole of historical discovery. I was reading The Hogmanay Companion- borrowed from the library, since the book is not currently in print....
by Margaret | Sep 9, 2014 | language, process, Titbits
“Mufti” If given this word in a board game and forced to make up a definition, what would yours be? I came across it in a book by Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men. It was the first I’ve read of his many novels, and I saw why he is accounted such a Master...
