Assorted Opinions: With Malice Towards None (part four)

Posted by ractrose on 25 Mar 2019 in Nonfiction

Assorted Opinions To Whom Do You Refer (With Malice Towards None: part four)                 Scenario One:  Darrin has a habit of walking up behind Willa while she works at her desk, putting his hand on one of her shoulders, and leaning over the other to see what she […]

Adventures in Research: Huckstering

Posted by ractrose on 6 Mar 2019 in Nonfiction

My Curious Reading Adventures in Research Huckstering               As the news patron leafs casually through the daily pages, he may simply overlook the advertisement that doesn’t reach out and grab.    A brief selection of quirks and ingenious notions, from advertisers of the 19th century.         […]

Assorted Opinions: With Malice Towards None (part three)

Posted by ractrose on 2 Mar 2019 in Nonfiction

Assorted Opinions To Whom Do You Refer (With Malice Towards None: part three)                         To Whom Do You Refer   One future day, a rumor will rise, spread by the older people, that some new use of language, or type of conduct, some new […]