Hook's Waltz

History, art, and context discovered while researching the world of Peter Pan for "The Stowaway." Opinions on the above will certainly also be encountered here.

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Talk Like a Pirate Day Redux

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Your annual reminder that no, you are probably not talking like a pirate, you are talking like actor Robert Newton , who played Long John S...

Monday, June 4, 2018

Sailing through Disneyland

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When I started researching The Stowaway , I became aware of tall ships everywhere. It's been fun to see how much sailing lore still exis...

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Weird words: A diversion

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While it may seem that everything I do--certainly everything I write--is related to Captain Hook and Peter Pan , occasionally I do compose s...

Monday, February 19, 2018

Peter Pan and Andrew Wyeth

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I discovered this unlikely connection at Winter is Always , the recent Andrew Wyeth retrospective at Seattle Art Museum . As I've observ...

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Captain of his soul

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I would hate to say that I've been so wrapped in the minutiae of Peter Pan that I've missed some obvious facts connected with it, b...

Friday, July 28, 2017

Peter Pan and the historical novel

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The Stowaway began as a fantasy story, but it very quickly became a historical novel about Edwardian England (and other places). When I dis...

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Manga in Neverland (Volume 3)

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I am delighted to announce that Elaine Tipping has posted the Kickstarter campaign for Volume 3 of her Peter Pan manga (with a lovely anim...

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M.F. Webb

M.F. Webb: M.F. Webb fell in love with Captain Jas. Hook when she was four years old, and he still presumes upon the acquaintance. When she isn't writing his accurate biography, she is a petsitting chorister with voice acting aspirations.

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