dennis scharnberg

tabulating the smiles

Declaring someone a genius is always a case of using the word “genius.”

Tristram Speaker, A Book of Postulates.

nothing to say

In those days it was still quite possible for a person to simply wander off, and never be heard from again.

P. J. Cahoon, The History of Crime.

this gentle day

When you finally see that—for a theologian—the religion is not the priority….

Tuc d’Audubert, The Trivial Quadrivium.

one million songs

Edwin’s New Year’s Resolution was simple, perhaps even somewhat blunt: “to be less accommodating.”

Nicholas Bruhns, Otto the Magpie.