tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post6396913066706877526..comments2024-03-23T06:25:06.247-05:00Comments on Detritus of Empire: For Doctor Beachcombing on his Lonely QuestTacitushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518953907062235005.post-15601687372346006912013-06-25T05:48:42.302-05:002013-06-25T05:48:42.302-05:00Tactitus, thanks for this, that greatly amused me!...Tactitus, thanks for this, that greatly amused me! As to fairy writing it is definitely a lonely road. Researching fairy folklore has been the closest I’ve ever come to having the experience of being a Jehovah‘s Witness: ostracism would be too strong a word, but there is certainly bewilderment on the part of friends, family and colleagues and people shake their heads a good deal. I suppose out of courtesy to the fairy believers I study (who are, btw, uniformly lovely people) and also out of intellectual principle I keep an ‘open mind’, but there is also a grill over it so not too much rubbish falls in… Perhaps not unlike this door. Yours, BeachAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com