If you’re a gun enthusiast, you may hear this question a lot. Chances are, it’s asked in a tone of outraged disbelief, and is not often followed by a respectful silence while you answer. Me, I do not love guns. They scare me. I know…
Month: February 2013
Why, you may ask, am I trying to knit a turtle? Well, I’ll tell you: Tortoise (or turtle) is one of the characters in SAGE, my BFF (Big Fat Fantasy, not Best Friend Forever). Here is a bit about him: From The Fall of Onagros,…
“Don’t buy a pig in a poke.” The expression was first published in 1546–in English, anyway–in a book of proverbs collected by John Heywood. One place tells me that “poke” is an old Dutch word meaning “bag” or “sack” and another place tells me it…