C'est Plus...

Excerpt from "The Foreign Policy of  Company 99" by O. Henry.

This was written over a century ago.  The more things change, the

more they stay the same.

Jeffries is James J. Jeffries, noted boxer of the day.

Went to the Box

to get the mail. 
Nothing but a People magazine, which is to say, nothing.
This is a subscription we are comped, and it is worth every penny we pay for it.  And not a penny more.

"If a man falls from a plane in the middle of the night
only God can lift him up..."

(from "Born to Dream")
Israeli Poet Dahlia Ravikovitch
Nov 17, 1936 - Aug 21, 2005

Psalm 119:64

The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

Child of Desire

My sister's novel is published! Tate Publishing announced Thursday that the title is available through their house on-line bookstore. It will be in Barnes and Noble and other outlets on November 8. It is available both in print format and as download for digital readers.

Are we proud of our little sister? I should say so! I was privileged to have been one of her "readers" to whom she entrusted her first draft for comments.

http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-61346-285-0

Poirot Knows

In Agatha Christie's The Three Act Tragedy, to the line, "So many people are disgusting when it's about money," Poirot responds, "So many people are disgusting about so many things."