Monthly Archives: December 2013

    He was the quintessential avuncular Englishman, poised and proper, but thoughtful and full of insights.  While he is most often known as Santa Claus in Miracle on 49th Street,   and who could make a better Santa Claus, my … Continue reading →

by D. L. Pughe A century and more ago…in 1845, Adelbert Stifter wrote the most amazing short story, Bergkristall, translated as Rock Crystal and in a wonderful new edition by the New York Review of Books. The story is deceptively … Continue reading →