The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: charles Dickens

  • A Heartwarming Holiday Play

    Mr. Dickens and His Carol

  • Done with Dickens

    Is there anyone left to admire?

  • Keeping Christmas

    In A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Scrooge utters a line that I’ll never forget: “Keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine.” As detestable as Scrooge may be at first, that sentiment has always made sense to me. Christmas should never be forced upon anyone. Part of the reason…

  • Debtors’ Prisons

    A couple of months ago a friend of mine got a $450 parking ticket. Yes, Seattle is one of the most expensive places in the country to live, and parking is definitely at a premium, but that is ridiculous. That would constitute 5 weeks’ worth of groceries for me. It’s safe to say that a…

  • An Appeal to All Supervisors

    I’m sure the very people who most need to read this are the very ones who won’t, but nevertheless I have to try. If I manage to influence just one person to change for even one hour, then I’ve done something great. Supervisors wield more power than they realize. Often employees spend more time with…

  • Thoughts from a Drug-Addled Brain

    Since I’m still sick as a dog, I’ve been spending a great deal of time sleeping, and having some really strange Nyquil-induced dreams. One included waterspouts on the Grand Canal in Venice. In another, I was having to open my drawbridge for a herd of giraffes that were walking on top of the river. (Actually,…