Monday, May 16, 2011

Scribbledehobbledehoyden: The Magpie's Eye: Page 93

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First, a conversation with Marianne:


--I'm a Catholic.  Catholics are on a first-name basis with God.
--(Silence)
--Aren't you curious as to what God's first name is?
--Okay, what is it?
--It's Fred.
--Fred?
--Fred God.  It's short for Alfred.
--I lead a very strange life.
--You're a Prot, so you'd best call Him Alfred.  From a non-Catholic, he'd think you were being impudent.

500 Words
Shepherding Wolves

Maxwell Perkins had the unenviable task of shepherding a certifiable genius -- Thomas Wolfe.


Silent, invisible, like a ninja.

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