Tired of Toading the Line: The Wind in the Willows and The Odyssey

In 1995, while in Angola, I read "The Odyssey". I should of course have read it much younger, but there you go. In 2026, in butt-fuck nowhere England I read "The Wind in the Willows." I should, of course... Both are a delight, and deserve re-reading annually, I think. Anyway, the final chapter of TWitW... Continue Reading →

August 30, 2026 0

Ovid’s Metamorphoses #084/111: “The Dispute over Achilles’ Armour”

What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. How long it took to read this (aloud):33 mins 16 seconds (the longest section of the whole thing, longer than Phaethon's Ride and Nestor's Tale of the Centaurs). What it’s “about”: The Greeks argue over who should get Achilles’ armour. Ajax says he should... Continue Reading →

August 18, 2026 0