I, Popeye

Review: Diana Gabaldon’s “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood”

I am a rather huge “Outlander” fan. (I am Jamie Fraser) And therefore a bit of a fan of author Diana Gabaldon. (I included her as a named dedicatee in my novelette, “Katydid”) So, on the one hand, I was quite irritated and annoyed that I had to wait 5 years for the next book

“Katydid” Wikipedia “Watership Down” Reference Entry

I added an entry in Wikipedia under the “Watership Down” novel references section to “Katydid” with the following text: • In the novelette “Katydid” by Popeye Theophilus Barrnumb, which contains an overarching rabbit-based sub-theme, “Watership Down” is noted as the favorite book of the protagonist, 10-year-old Katy, a copy of which she sought for many

Word of the Moment: catafalque

catafalque [kat-uh-fawk, -fawlk, -falk] noun 1. a raised structure on which the body of a deceased person lies or is carried in state. 2. a hearse. Origin French, Italian, Late Latin 1635-45; < French < Italian catafalco < Late Latin *catafalicum scaffold, equivalent to cata- [a prefix meaning “down,” “against,” “back,” occurring originally in loanwords

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I, Popeye – An Author’s & Filmmaker’s Meanderings

Review: Diana Gabaldon’s “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood”

“Katydid” Wikipedia “Watership Down” Reference Entry

Word of the Moment: catafalque