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Dracula is one of those books that everyone knows but few probably actually read much anymore. The details of Castle Dracula, Transylvania, Count Dracula, bats, wolves, sleeping in a coffin, casting no reflection in a mirror, fear of garlic and crucifixes, stakes through the heart, and all the others vampire cliches are well known. They… Read more
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On Tuesday, October 6th, 1903 after two days of rest, Pittsburgh Pirate Deacon Phillippe threw his third complete game victory of the series against Boston American Bill Dinneen, who was making his second start of the series. The Pirates won the game and took a commanding 3–1 series lead. But they would end up losing… Read more
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A classic of the genre, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is the story of a haunted mansion where a group of people gather to investigate the supernatural. Led by Dr. John Montague, they include Eleanor Vance, a shy woman, Theodora, a bohemian artist, and Luke Sanderson, the young heir. Despite the house’s… Read more
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Like London, Dublin is one of those cities that seems to be filled with literary history. Turn a corner and there you are at some building that some writer once lived in. I was not looking for Sheridan Le Fanu shrines in May of 2020 but by luck just stumbled across this one. It is… Read more
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Twenty-five years before Bram Stoker wrote and published Dracula, the novella Camilla was published by another Irishman, Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu. Like Dracula, Le Fanu’s Carmilla features a vampire. But this one is quite different than Stoker’s famous Count. Carmilla is the story of Laura, a young girl living in a secluded castle. She recounts her… Read more
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October baseball is Playoff Baseball. It is Reggie Jackson and Bill Mazeroski. It is the best and worst time of the year if your team is still playing. It is a time of great hope balanced with great despair. My local team, the Minnesota Twins, are done after an epic collapse. My other team, the… Read more
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I must confess that I have become an indiscriminate reader as I have grown older. Early in my reading life, during my teens and 20s, I read exclusively what is commonly referred to as “Literary Fiction” (admittedly a snobbish and parochial term). At some point though that changed. Now, I read whatever fiction catches my… Read more
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“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” – T.S. Eliot Read more
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Today is the last day of the regular season. It has been a great baseball season for me personally. I have been to Major League Parks, Minor League Parks, and Minnesota Townball Parks. Here is my 2024 Baseball Diary: 2024 BASEBALL DIARYMarch 28 – Oakland, California(LAST Opening Day for the Oakland A’s)Oakland Athletics 0–8 Cleveland… Read more
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