Work

A New Preface by Sam Finch
 Simply put, the problem with a pseudonym is, (I realized while shaving that morning, June 16th [Bloomsday]), nobody knows it's you.Until, of course, your friends and family figure it out.   And by then, as you might have guessed, it's a little too late."Sam Finch, you beast," someone declares across a crowded room, "I hear you've written the most appalling things about me, all under a false name.""And every word of it true," you shout back.Or:"Just picked up your memoirs, Finch old man," an old chum confides at the local social club to which you

Denouement of a sort, for the moment
"Portrait of a Lady" by Will Rothenstein, Plate IX, The Yellow Book, Volume I April 1894London: Elkin Mathews & John LaneEvery family has its ups and downs and, although strictly speaking Pam and Didier and I are not quite a family, we do tend to act like one.  At least as far as the ups and downs of it all are concerned.  You are probably still wondering what I decided to do, standing there in my little kitchen, trapped between the two of them while they shouted wild threats and improbable accusations at one another in colorful language.  You may be not a

Back in the Kitchen
  Illustrated back cover                                                                                                   &

Back Story
 "The Reflected Faun"                                                                                                   &nbs

Kitchen Talk
  French Press, Tintin Mug and Yellow BookThey say the party always ends up in the kitchen.  However, in my house the kitchen is where you go to talk about the company, which I admit can sometimes amount to the same thing but not entirely, if you see my point. In the present circumstances, you will recall it was Pam who had suddenly decided to play hostess and so I had no choice but to follow her out of the sitting room where Walt 'n' Matilda, the famous Australian Canadian film stars and super-model couple were now ensconced on the sofa, busy paw