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.
"A Breton bed. The sleeping place in the living room. A moveable article and a most excellent example." From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.
"A Scandinavian sleeping place dating from the early 17th century. Several feather beds were piled therein." From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.
"Shakespeare's 'Great Bed of Ware,' formerly of Rye House but not at Saracen's Head, Roxbury, England." From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.
"A curiously graceful Venetian wrought iron bed, with beautiful old silk damask hangings, from an old palace." From The Witchery of Sleep by Willard Moyer, 1903.