Edith's Miscellany

  click on the image to go to the    challenge on The Worm Hole In January I signed up for Charlie’s What’s In A Name 2017 reading ...

Silence Sings (from The Vinedresser and Other Poems : 1899) So faint, no ear is sure it hears, So faint and far; So vast that very ne...

In a strictly patriarchal society it can be bad luck bordering on disaster for a man to grow old without a male heir to continue the famil...

Nebbie (da Fatalità : 1892) Soffro. – Lontan lontano Le nebbie sonnolete Salgono dal tacente Piano. Alto gracciando, i cor...

Sometimes small events that must seem utterly trivial to everyone unconcerned can fundamentally shatter our peace of mind, above all when ...

There were four Fridays in November 2014 and consequently the archive of the month is filled with four book reviews. For the Books on Fran...

Gypsy Songs (from The Gypsies Metamorphosed : 1640) I The faery beam upon you, The stars to glister on you; A moon of light In the ...