Welcome to my world of flower and stone, folkway and story, medicine and magic, mystery and marginalia.

Open Gate to the Bodleian Library

The Ivory Towers of Oxford

The gate swung open for me in Oxford, its shadow like a lady’s fan widening its welcome in the bright morning sun, the ivory towers of the fabled Bodleian Library reaching skyward in the distance.

Bodleian Medieval Library

Library

Because I love words and dictionaries, you will find here many explorations of the meaning and current use of words [...]

The First Writing unique center spread

The First Writing

2004 10 pages 8 in.H x 6 in.W x .5 in.D Unique calligraphic manuscript accordion book. Symbols from Newgrange, a [...]

Storefront

Prose and Letters offers a broad selection of inspirational words in small affordable art pieces to give or keep.   [...]