"What struck me the most, as it did with the sequel, was the plethora of vocabulary, both English and foreign, that truly made the nove...

We arrived in Bürchen, CH, three hours ago, and it was 20° centigrade outside (27° below in the valley). The Alps looked like the Himala...

Auguste Baud-Bovy (1848-1899)

(Summer has arrived unexpectedly:) This is on our beach, La Figueirette

Very low clouds moving in this afternoon---feels like San Francisco: It happens rarely, and when it does, it's typically in l...

Our take from the previews of  James Comey's book A higher Loyality : Most damaging for Trump is the observation that The Donal...

...the man in the middle is actually Michael D. Cohen, Donald Trump's personal lawyer: And here, a quote from "slimeball...

We're renting our house during Easter and stay with friends higher up on the hill. This was the view yesterday evening (around 10 PM)...

A  new review of This Is Heaven, on Amazon : 5.0 out of 5 stars You know you want to be bitten March 16, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition ...

If utilitarian calculations are to be applied, they need to be fully applied. For a package of political benefits, these evangelical l...

(Pi: the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter)

When I woke up, during dawn, the clouds were still touching the top of the rock across the bay. 

 (Fragment of a page recently found on Goodreads:) Mona  > Goodreads Status Update Mona  added a status update We all know G...