What non-Biblical book competes with Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales? I discovered Chaucer’s masterpiece back in Honors English 102 at WSU, courtesy of Dr. William Woods, and the lessons of honor, integrity, knighthood, and class have since with me remained. From its poetic prowess to its cultural notations, The Canterbury Tales is a medieval kindle still lit by the wisdom in Chaucer’s descriptions of competing storytellers and the twenty-four competing tales told by those characters, both representations of the various social classes. Never has an unfinished book been so complete.
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“There is a relation between the hours of life and the centuries of time.”
Psychology Today heralds the gut as something that must be trusted for three reasons: 1) Your intuition is shaped byContinue reading ““There is a relation between the hours of life and the centuries of time.””
By Interior Design – A Classic Russian Read in the Time of Corona
Iván Ilych wasn’t so bad. He beat neither his wife nor children. Every day he worked, and provided a homeContinue reading “By Interior Design – A Classic Russian Read in the Time of Corona”
For the Writers – Little Matters
And so it’s stated in the first page of Richard Hugo’s The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing, the most important arguments are within. Great; in this I’m well versed. It’s been the substance of procrastination for many a day and it’s the general recipe of chaos versus control. Aren’t poets known for requiring long walks in the park to watch squirrels?