Some time ago it occurred to me to wonder how the word incense came to mean both “a fragrant substance for perfuming the air”, a...

        Here are a couple of lovely Christmas block prints by Rita Corbin (USA, 1930-2011) who worked with Fritz Eichenberg and Ade Beth...

        The hourglass has probably been a symbol of time since its invention (which may have been in Alexandria, about 150 BCE).  Howeve...

        Hanukkah begins tonight, in honor of which here are a couple of wonderful wood block prints from an eighteenth century book of cu...

        I’m going to see a performance of “Man of La Mancha” this weekend, so here are a collection of wood block prints illustrating the...

        Having mentioned last week the long, deep connection between writing and magic, this is a good time to share with you the inimita...

        Everywhere I go, I keep my eyes open for beautiful scenes and interesting things.  When I’m close to home or in “ordinary” places...

        For anyone with a taste for linguistics, it’s easy to see that grammar is glamorous, but not everyone may realize that these word...

        Having glorified pie in my last post, today seems a good day to look at how a handful of artists have explored the theme of glutt...