All Hallow’s Eve

"Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world." Shakespeare, Hamlet Dear Mink, I really wanted to start with a quotation from Edgar Allan Poe as it is a very Gothic time of year and he is king of Gothic authors. However, Shakespeare got … Continue reading All Hallow’s Eve

Musing Upon The Perfectly Reasonable Activity Of Sitting Down To Write A Letter At Quarter To Eleven At Night.

We talk about the tyranny of words, but we like to tyrannise over them too; we are fond of having a large superfluous establishment of words to wait upon us on great occasions; we think it looks important, and sounds well. [...] I could mention a nation that has got into many great difficulties, and … Continue reading Musing Upon The Perfectly Reasonable Activity Of Sitting Down To Write A Letter At Quarter To Eleven At Night.