Monthly Archives: June 2016

Who said it? Jude or Jane?

Posted on June 30, 2016 by tkflor

“Some people want to believe that the only difference between achievement and failure is luck. They like to sit on their couches and say that some sort of predetermined fate was why others made it and they didn’t. They never … Continue reading →

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Can a nymph, an Amazon, a playwright, and a poet bring peace to Athens?

Posted on June 19, 2016 by tkflor

“Before the comedies were presented at the festival, it was customary for one of Athens’s great lyric poets to entertain the crowd with a few well-chosen pieces, to get them in the mood. As with everything connected with the festival, … Continue reading →

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Why does the Moon have phases?

Posted on June 10, 2016 by tkflor

“Moonspinners. They’re naiads – you know, water-nymphs. Sometimes, when you’re deep in countryside, you meet three girls, walking along the hill tracks in the dusk, spinning. They each have a spindle, and onto these they are spinning their wool, milk-white, … Continue reading →

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Love-story vs. Romance

Posted on June 4, 2016 by tkflor

“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, and from love to matrimony in a moment.” from Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen Sometimes when my writing is stuck, my thoughts meander into such “philosophical” questions … Continue reading →

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