Author Archives: motleydragon

Senator sues God

Posted on May 18, 2013

News about the trial of Jodie Arias and the horrendous murder of  Tim Bosma in our area last week got me thinking about trials, juries, and justice, particularly issues around sentencing and the death penalty. My musings eventually led me … Continue reading →

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Temptation

Posted on May 14, 2013

While writing about great trials yesterday, I thought of The Grand Inquisitor from The Brothers Karamozov. Several translations of this famous story within a story, chapter five of Dostoyevski’s great novel, are available online. Then I also discovered that it … Continue reading →

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Law and Order

Posted on May 14, 2013

Perhaps I have watched too many Law and Order reruns.  I just discovered a British version on DVD at the library and they were almost as interesting, even without the wisecracking of Greevey, Cragen, and Logan. Trials are fascinating, particularly … Continue reading →

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Jodi and the Jury

Posted on May 13, 2013

Think of the Jodi Arias trial. How, who, where, what and when were answered with mind- numbing detail, but  will we  ever know  why she killed her lover? That’s were prurient curiosity about the shocking violence comes up against the … Continue reading →

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Stick Your Neck Out

Posted on May 11, 2013

I finished my challenge piece on the Flammarion wood engraving just in time for the guild meeting this week. (See my last blog) I like the image of the wandering pilgrim/scholar who finally reached the horizon separating the flat earth … Continue reading →

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The Door to Discovery

Posted on April 28, 2013

I just pried apart… with great difficulty and determination… a TIMEX watch from the sixties. Waterproof, shockproof, wife proof, it had survived in a box of interesting junk in the back of my husband’s top dresser drawer. I want to … Continue reading →

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The Second Coming

Posted on April 16, 2013

I am not sure that I understand or agree with the metaphorical and metaphysical interpretations of the second stanza. But when I heard about the tragedy in Boston yesterday, I thought first of Yeats’ description of anarchy. “The centre cannot … Continue reading →

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Orangina

Posted on April 14, 2013

I don’t have time to write a blog this morning… sigh… so tell me what you think about this!

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A woman? not on my terms

Posted on April 11, 2013

Glenda Jackson’s passionate and forth right speech about Thatcher is a marvellous reminder that sometimes it is just plain wrong to be nice, to be polite… you know… “if you can’t say something nice about a person, then don’t say … Continue reading →

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A Way to Speak

Posted on April 10, 2013

Roger Ebert has died. I always listened to Siskel and Ebert doing their movie reviews together, and frequently visited his blog and the archived reviews.  Like Christopher Hitchens, he spent his last years dealing with catastrophic illness that destroyed his … Continue reading →

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