The book Enchanted Night by Steven Millhauser (one of my favorites) is set on a night just like this one: a late-summer night under an almost-full moon. It’s a perfect book for nights like these! Anyway, here’s a guest blog … Continue reading
“This is the night of revelation. This is the night the dolls wake. This is the night of the dreamer in the attic. This is the night of the piper in the woods.” — Steven Millhauser in Enchanted Night Spring … Continue reading
In case you missed it, our friend SwordLily shared with us this enchanting, original poem of hers in a comment on the last posting: Midsummer Night Under a silver moon Heat sings the ground alive Fey dance in rainbow shadows Winter is only a … Continue reading
This is a quintessential summer night. The moon is just past full, and my electric fan is humming away, and I’m sticking to everything I touch. This is the sort of night for reading Millhauser’s Enchanted Night — just reminding … Continue reading
First of all, I wanted to include a visual or two as a kind of follow-up to the “Glory Day” posting. This is the view westward from the end of my driveway in Illinois. So the fireworks were happening in this direction, … Continue reading