Hi Leslie...a few more like it here, if you're interested:

I agree, Mona. I mean, just look at this gorgeous brushwork...

Detail from "Jane Avril Dancing" (1892) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I can't stop watching this. 😂

It's such a spot-on metaphor for the likelihood that Larry Summers will ever teach in a classroom anywhere on Earth again.

Tip of the hat to the Daily Beast headline writer

I saw the astrological clock in December, when the square nearby was filled with holiday foods and gifts. Really magical. Thanks for sharing.

I did exactly that. The first two sentences provided useful data. The third sentence confused September with October. And so it goes...

"Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip."

– Novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard

(Sorry for the typo. I'm deleting "out" in my mind. :)

Carol Kaye played bass guitar on the song (she's the best) and wrote the opening lick.

Campbell like the tone of her unusual Danelectro six-string bass so much, he used it for the solo that fills the space where traditionally a third verse would go — an unconventional but brilliant choice.

It's a great song.
Webb struggled a bit with it last night. He's had Covid three times and is curious if "long Covid" is affecting his voice.

"I wanted to show the great soul and aching loneliness inside an ordinary man," said Jimmy Webb.

The Soviet looting is a great story. It's not an easy fit for my site, TheShyMuseumgoer.com, but maybe I'll come up with an angle if I dig around a little.

Best of luck with your book. 🍀

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I like WordPress, but I have nothing good to say about their AI help bot, which gets even simple fixes wrong.

I agree with you about Conclave.

Maybe try An Officer and a Spy?

You're right. Done.

Also, you don't see The Spies of Warsaw on that shelf because it arrived as an autographed hardcover book. 😊

Have you tried Robert Harris? If not, I'd begin with The Ghost or An Officer and a Spy.