The Greatest Obstacle To Pleasure Is Not

I Was In Venice Teaching, So I Reread Henry James's "the Wings Of The Dove." I Love James.

Compared To The Unleashed Forces Of Warfare And Of Faith, Mount Vesuvius Was Kinder To The Legacy Of Antiquity.

In Short, It Became Possible - Never Easy, But Possible - In The Poet Auden's Phrase To Find The Mortal World Enough.

I Believe That Nothing Comes Of Nothing, Even In Shakespeare. I Wanted To Know Where He Got The Matter He Was Working With And What He Did With That Matter.

But I Never Listen To Music While I'm Writing.