Now be honest, have you ever read an essay about brown paper? Is it possible to write an essay about brown paper? I pride myself on being able to wring a drop of interest out of the most mundane subject matter but my spouse has definitely one-upped me over at the Poisoned Pen Blog with her encomium In Praise of Brown Paper.

She also offers a beautiful little word portrait of autumn in the newest issue of our Orphan Scrivener newsletter. There's also a lot of news this time as well as a bit by me which will be familiar, I admit, to readers of this journal.