Tag Archives: Tolkien

Way More Than You Wanted to Know

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Kathy

Why is a cobbler both a delicious dessert and also a little old man hunched over his bench making shoes? Inquiring writers, enjoying the former, wanted to know. This is not a riddle. It’s a gnarly etymological question that I … Continue reading →

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Required Reading

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Kathy

I haven’t read many books recently because I’ve been reading Bleak House, Charles Dickens’s 800-page novel of 1853. It was supposed to be my winter break project, but I started it late, after New Years, and it’s seeped into the … Continue reading →

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