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AESOPUS EMENDATUS
I am writing this blog about the American writer Ambrose Bierce (1842- 1914) who has published many literary works. Here is a sampling from his DEVIL’S DICTIONARY: ABSCOND: To move in a mysterious way commonly with the property of another. ADAMANT: A mineral found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold. ADDER: A species of snake so called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living. ASS: “Hail holy Ass, the quiring angels sing;/Priest of Unreason and of Discords King!/Great co-Creator, let Thy glory shine:/God created all else; the Mule, the Mule is Thine....
Bella and the Beasts
There was once a young woman called Bella, who appeared to all intents and purposes to be a very ordinary and normal young woman, which of course does not mean that she was a boring or uninteresting one. She was the kind of woman described by her workmates as “very pleasant” and had a couple of acceptable quirks, like collecting anything to do with rabbits, though she had not had a pet rabbit since she was a little girl, and like having a taste for unusual earrings, though she was generally quite a sober dresser. She was extremely taken with her latest pair, which were like little dangling tr...
Moonlight Voyage
Moonlight reflected off the islwww.onedoor.ccand’s sea, the silver glow floating on the surface of the clear water, and Zalle turned as another guest approached him.This one walked alone, carrying a drawing pad in one hand and a charcoal stick in the other. She adjusted her small black hat—a foreigner’s hat that rested off the side of her head—and approached slowly, as if frightened. Zalle smiled to the girl and raised his hand.“So late, friend?” he asked, “I was about to end day.” He moved to untie the ganoe’s knot from the hitching post. It had been a busy day with travelers, many coming to the small isla...
The Light Shines in the Darkness
You've likely heard the narrative of the two wolves. It's frequently told as coming from one of the different First Peoples, typically Cherokee, yet it's one of those accounts that is so terse and genuine that it nearly doesn't make any difference what the genuine source is… it gets passed around and told and retold, again and again, in light of the fact that we as a whole sense how obvious it is… on the grounds that we've all accomplished it ourselves. It goes this way. There are two wolves, and they live inside every one of us. They are continually battling. One is dimness and despondency… i...