Hook's Waltz

History, art, and context discovered while researching the worlds of Peter Pan and J.M. Barrie Opinions on the above will also be encountered here.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

A little bird broken out of the egg

Somewhere between the boy hero of Disney studios and the dangerous, complicated lead of Brom's The Child Thief lies the real Peter Pan....

Friday, September 12, 2014

A boat festival and research too

To no one's surprise, I've discovered I love the wooden boat festivals of the Pacific Northwest. To find one in Port Townsend--one ...

Thursday, August 21, 2014

A scent of 1908

"Four hours of research for two lines of text" is my oft-repeated joke. And sometimes an evening spent doing research ends in a sc...

Friday, August 8, 2014

Tiddely-om-pom-pom

Vivian Drew may have felt isolated in her home of Pinbury Down, Devon, but she had access to the London Illustrated News --if not the most ...

Thursday, July 24, 2014

An afternoon at sea

Two weeks ago, my friend and I went on an Evening Sail on the brig Lady Washington out of Anacortes, Wash. I can't imagine letting a su...

Thursday, July 10, 2014

The jewel in the jungle

"It's pink," marvels Vivian Drew when she first sees the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus. "Mr. Cecco told me as much," say...

Friday, June 20, 2014

Tributaries

With four of the World Cup matches being held in Manaus , it's been especially hard for me not to drop into every conversation bits of ...

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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 works at a spay/neuter clinic, sings in a choir, and spends too much time at the dance fitness studio.

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