Entries by Rebecca T. Dickson

Difficult doesn’t make it good

by Guy Bergstrom While in the Belgium, home of the world’s finest chocolate and 250 types of beer – 250! – I saw something that made me think. No, it was not the beer. Though the beer was excellent. This is what made me think: a concert on BBC or PBS or whatever with a […]

The first sentence is a promise

The first sentence of a book is like the air between mouths just before a first kiss. It’s a promise. It fills you up, yet makes you want more. It’s the precise combination of slight humidity and warmth that takes your hand and invites you in for tea. Readers open your book, glance at page […]