af·ter·glow Pronunciation:\ˈaf-tər-ˌglō\
Function:noun
Date:1857

1 : a glow remaining where a light has disappeared
2 : a pleasant effect or feeling that lingers after something is done, experienced, or achieved

Thanks so much to all who were here -- for your presence, your participation and your great suggestions. We will implement all that are feasible. Click here for evidence of The Real Thing.

Here are the bare bones of the Travel Pursuits line-up for 2010. Prices and detailed itineraries will be available in August, but you can call 416-892-3580 / 1-877-633-2555 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at any time for more information.

Although our Russian trip is full, some space is still available in three remaining trips for 2009 - A More Perfect Union (Philadelphia, October 4-8), The Alexandria Quartet (Corfu, October 10-17), and Reading Fairy Tales (Walters Falls Ontario, October 18-21). We would love to have the pleasure of your company.

Speaking of fairy tales, test your memory in this month's CLASSICAL TRIVIA! quiz, Happily Ever After. And (re)read a short version of the Grimm Brothers' "Bluebeard."

THE POWER OF PLACE

Today in Literature and The Installment Plan both concern the power of place - how geography can alter how we see the world and how we live.

THE INSTALLMENT PLAN talks of the special draw of Key West on writers and poets and features a sampling by Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens and Mark Strand, the three poets we will be discussing in Key West in January.

TODAY IN LITERATURE features a literary tribute to Wallace Stegner whose Angle of Repose and Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico landscapes will be the focus of a reprise of our trip The American Southwest: The Power of Place the following September/October.

Ave atque vale,