Don Juan Triumphs
~By Stephanie Piro Erik looked down into the bowl of the glass of brandy he was holding and swirled it before allowing himself to taste it. “Perfection,” he said aloud. The Opera managers did have…
Day: September 8, 2019
King of the Mountain: A Visitor’s Journal Entry
Grave of British Major Patrick Ferguson, King’s Mountain, South Carolina, Summer of 2014 I see where you fell, Ferguson. They tell me you were struck by a dozen bullets and dragged down this hill with…
Tolkien and Pagan Myth
What is the Druidic tradition of spirituality conveyed through storytelling, and what were some of Tolkien’s inspirations taken from Pagan Myth? OK, big subject this, and it’s not possible to provide more than a quick…