The Renaissance Man Walter Isaacson’s 2017 biography of Leonardo da Vinci brings to light the […]

Boo! Halloween seems to us an appropriate time of year for an acrostic about witches.  […]

All Wet To better appreciate the atmospheric style of This Is Happiness, the delightful 2019 […]

Riffing We chanced upon the unusual quote in this week’s puzzle while reading Ralph Ellison’s […]

Portmanteaus A little over 20 years ago, Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon published a brilliant […]

Best Friend The photograph above is of our daughter’s amazing dog, Tractor, the most loving, […]

Shhh… Several years ago, while a huge building was under very noisy construction right across […]

Live from New York … This week’s puzzle pays tribute to Saturday Night Live, perhaps […]

Monkey Business This week marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most famous court […]

Cityscapes When we think about Georgia O’Keeffe, images of flowers, animal skulls, and the American […]