Tag Archives: A.A. Milne

The Hundred Acre Wood: (Stuffed) Animals in Literature (The Plunge Podcast with Derek Holser)

Happy spring Monday dear readers! I’m hardening off my tomato and pepper seedlings as I work on a plan to combat invasive Japanese beetles before they can shred my Bing Holla! cheery tree, which is now in flower. The days … Continue reading

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The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Jollification, Uglification, and the Miserific Vision

We all know C.S. Lewis as the Narnian, but behind the children’s work was his experience as a teacher of English literature, a writer about the history of literary movements, and a tinker in other forms of fiction. In that tinkering, … Continue reading

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