Sometimes a story just haunts you and won’t let go. This is not always surprising. If you really enjoyed a story, it makes sense that you will often remember it fondly. I know many people whose life seems to be one long pleasant reminiscence of Jane Austen novels. But it isn’t these pleasant reminiscences I am discussing here. There is another category of story which stays in the mind not because it aroused any particular strong emotion. The story lingers because it presented a puzzle, and … [Read more...] about Escaping The Pit of Despair
Measuring out my life with coffee spoons ...and books
