In Memoriam: Otto the Movie Cat (2011–2024)

For nearly 13 years, our sweet cat Otto shared our lives. He was very much a people cat. One of the ways in which he expressed this was by coming running to the living room nearly every time we started watching a movie, and though he seldom would actively view it, he’d doze in the …

Following the Dim Trails of the Past

Welcome to The Lure of the Dim Trails, named after a 1907 western authored by B. M. Bower and illustrated by the superlative Charles M. Russell; indeed, the header image above is taken from the frontispiece Russell provided for the novel. In the posts to come, you will find comments on books, movies, and magazines, …