Betty Corrigall
From First Known When Lost Betty Corrigall lived on the island of Hoy in Orkney in the 18th century. When she was in her late twenties, she was abandoned by her…
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Josef Pieper on silence and leisure
I came across this on the ever wonderful First Known When Lost blog: “Leisure is a form of silence, of that silence which is the prerequisite of the apprehension of…
Empty Room, A S J Tessimond
Found at the ever wonderful First Known When Lost Empty Room The clock disserts on punctuation, syntax. The clock’s voice, thin and dry, asserts, repeats. The clock insists: a…
Dabbler no more.
Sad to report that The Dabbler is on an indefinite hiatus . It was a great website, and not only because they printed things by me. It was an oasis of wit, insight…
Séamus Sweeney 