CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
"There will be a slight timing error in the taped time signals" (A Compilation of Moored Wind and Current Meter Observations, 1970) Photo courtesy of Jürg Stuker.
A girl's athletics have changed over the years, but some might say that the original spirit of the games endures. (We wouldn't, but some might.) From Mansfield's 1933 yearbook.
An old Portmeirion postcard gifted to me by friends in Wales. Undated. The very intriguing mysteries of this place are explored in Puzzling Portmeirion.