“Here Be Monsters.”
This was a phrase used by map makers long ago to depict uncharted waters where ships were known to have entered but mysteriously disappeared. They never returned to their home port so were listed as “Lost at … Read the rest
NEW TRICKS
I am trying to learn new tricks. Two books that have lessons. I underline. I must remember this. Then, I forget.
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Martin Amis’ House of Meetings:
There be monsters.
Nuala O’Faolain: Are You Somebody?
Well–am I somebody? I’m not … Read the rest
Top Drawer
DRAWER PEOPLE — “The best (most capable) people available; of high social standing. The top drawer of a dresser usually contains one’s jewelry and other valuable things, and herein probably lies the origin of this 20th-century phrase. Rose Macaulay wrote, … Read the rest