Author: Jo

No Room for Celia

She could have been with the IRA. “The troubles” in Ireland were stoutly brewing at the time. But it was hard to imagine Celia fusing bombs. She was too [...]

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City Mouse Country

“Town air maketh the man free” was an expression circulating in the late Middle Ages as cities became full-blown, expanding in number and greater [...]

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Children Of The Night

☞ Halloween is past, but the mood lingers on. Perhaps it’s because every day seems like Halloween, and all saints day is far away. ☞ In a season of [...]

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Mimi Umma

Boy, it’s no wonder Mimi had to oust Sigmund Freud out of the Umma... ☞ Okay, let’s not go off half-cocked without defining terms. Most folks have an [...]

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