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Chronicles
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WANDERING BUT NOT LOST
“When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.” — Rudyard Kipling[1] Late last year, I was asked if I would consider doing a preface for a book on Tolkien. I duly received a copy of the text, and replied that I would be...
EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT US
“Everything you are not stares back at what you are.” Adam Nicolson, from The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters “In the very earliest time When both people and animals lived on earth A person could become an animal if he wanted to and an animal could become a human...
THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY
FORGOTTEN BOOKS... A few years ago, I acquired a couple of books. I know what you are thinking, and you are right, I have indubitably bought more than that – a healthy amount of books pass though my hands – but these two were special. You see, they had gotten away....