“During those last weeks of the Bishop’s life he thought very little about death; it was the Past he was leaving. The future would take care of itself.” Death Comes for the Archbishop does not have a surprise ending. It has long been my favorite Willa Cather novel. Having just been to Santa Fe, it seemed like a good time to reread it. A note on the location. Willa Cather is a novelist who immediately evokes a location; she seems like a novelist of a place. That place is the Great Plains. … [Read more...] about The Shelter of this Red Rock
Measuring out my life with coffee spoons ...and books
