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What is genre?  I have asked and asked this question and someone on another blog said that a story is a piece of art that induces a pattern of types and intensities of emotion -- that are different for different genres: horror, romance, mystery, and so on. And the lightbulb finally went on. I went [...]

THe blogger me did not mean to miss all of October! At nine years of age I had been scared of the stairs going down into darkness unless my great aunt held my hand. This time however the cellar was a surprise. A light at the top of the stairs revealed it had been painted [...]

Gerbert of Aurillac became Pope in the year 997 A.D. and died in 1001 A.D.  He was the subject of an article in Sky and Telescope* during the millenial year of our Lord, 2000.  Gerbert was interesting because he had presided over the previous major year change from 999 to 1000 and in the runup [...]

Chapter 3 Part I Killian didn’t pick me up until near eleven. By then Duncan had been asleep for a while and I was struggling not to join him. I had gone down to the nurses’ station and showed them my papers. I said I’d take Duncan home the next day as soon as he [...]

Part II of Chapter 2 I stared, and he approached.  “Are you Jessamyn Archer? I’m Simon Ennis, a friend of Killian’s, and he asked me to meet you.” I shook his hand mutely. He had hazel eyes and long eyelashes that a woman would have used to veil her thoughts. He was also very friendly [...]

Chapter Two -- Meeting Simon                        (1st half of Chapter) The flight took about an hour and a half. I held panic at bay by knitting steadily and playing with the little girl. When we landed I offered to carry the baby while the mom [...]