Gustave Doré’s illustration to Dante’s Inferno. Plate X: Canto III: Charon herds the sinners onto his boat. “Charon the demon, with eyes of glede, / Beckoning to them, collects them all together, / Beats with his oar whoever lags behind.’” (Longfellow’s translation, which isn’t particularly good, it must be said.) Find more here: If you [...]
In the great scheme of things, how much do things really change? Life was meaner and the time and space of human emotion more narrow 130 years ago. But the essential components of the human condition were much like they were today. I’m reminded of these things when I look at the photos below. People [...]
When I was 14 or so, my father found a sailboat that had been left untended on a trailer for years under the trees near our house. The open deck had been enclosed by a waxed, mildewed canvas cover. Under the moss and grit that covered the hull, the wood was still sturdy and sound. [...]