tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125704922024-03-13T02:21:24.836-05:00bellairsiaCelebrating John Bellairs (1938-91)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1502125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-89829866760405435012024-03-11T01:00:00.001-05:002024-03-11T01:00:00.138-05:00Something About Nero's Theater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Golden boy strikes again.</i></b>
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2024/03/something-about-neros-theater.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-62278478636680178512024-03-04T01:00:00.010-06:002024-03-04T01:00:00.158-06:00Something About Pimlico<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmfApce0fKYWgrDL1vj7a5-S9RKtPVmm_SQ_tsQF6Wg4Mnj_e4R7QjG6kGiYheCMP0JhspPUeZghYD95Mn89YiL0fXcVwQDtMxQbSAVNDfVkEheXtvX-l-ucLajjmvhBZcO31D4HzIym9l1vLokiacNRcnosZt4bSjJf7BMQTmI-O5RcdJgUt/s300/tate-britain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmfApce0fKYWgrDL1vj7a5-S9RKtPVmm_SQ_tsQF6Wg4Mnj_e4R7QjG6kGiYheCMP0JhspPUeZghYD95Mn89YiL0fXcVwQDtMxQbSAVNDfVkEheXtvX-l-ucLajjmvhBZcO31D4HzIym9l1vLokiacNRcnosZt4bSjJf7BMQTmI-O5RcdJgUt/s1600/tate-britain.jpg" width="300"></a></i></b></div><b><i>Prim and proper.</i></b><p></p>
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2024/03/something-about-pimlico.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-46304705081340101712024-02-12T18:28:00.006-06:002024-02-12T18:28:00.237-06:00Something More About Kryptos<p></p>
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<p><b><i>Code-breakers.</i></b></p>
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2024/02/something-more-about-kryptos.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-800064310047765202024-02-05T01:00:00.008-06:002024-02-05T01:00:00.246-06:00Something About Amalia Pimlico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>She has her eye on you.</i></b>
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2024/02/something-about-amalia-pimlico.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-66808303464843984052024-01-22T01:00:00.019-06:002024-01-22T01:00:00.355-06:00Something About Character Swaps<p>
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<b><i>What if...?</i></b>
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2024/01/something-about-character-swaps.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-83419556760414689172024-01-17T01:00:00.008-06:002024-01-17T01:00:00.153-06:00Happy Birthday, John Bellairs<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;">
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</div></div>We take a moment to raise a glass to <b>John Bellairs </b>on what would have been his 86th birthday. <i>Cheers</i>!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-30681478258813107902024-01-08T01:00:00.021-06:002024-01-08T01:00:00.149-06:00Something About Cat-Calling Nuns<p>
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<b><i>Reciting Old Deuteronomy?</i></b>
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2024/01/something-about-cat-calling-nuns.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-75430222985636805192024-01-01T00:01:00.065-06:002024-01-01T00:01:00.144-06:00An Interview With Simon Loxley<p>
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<i><b>Montague Rhodes James</b> (1862-1936) was a British academic and ghost
story author whose tales are some of the best-known and most respected in the
genre. <b>John Bellairs </b>was a fan and agreed with <b>James </b>that "spooky tales are most effective when the ghastly things happen to people who
are going about their business in an ordinary, matter-of-fact world… (</i>Locus<i>, 1991). <b>Bellairs </b>was a Jamesian fan – and included a few homages in
his novels – as is <b>Simon Loxley</b>, a British graphic designer and writer
on design. Loxley's fandom went as far as writing and self-publishing </i><b><a href="https://www.simonloxley.com/a-geography-of-horror">A Geography of Horror: The Ghost Stories of M.R. James and the Suffolk Landscape</a></b><i>, in 2021. It's taken us over a year to order the book, read (and reread),
and conduct our interview, but Loxley was game – and here we are.</i>
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<b><i>Or something about voting and hot air.</i></b><a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/12/something-about-pompeian-political-ads.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-77268373935492219432023-12-18T01:00:00.023-06:002023-12-18T01:00:00.152-06:00Something About Underrated Fantasy Movies<div class="separator">
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<p><b><i>I'll see your faithful adaptation and raise you a farting topiary.</i></b></p>
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/12/something-about-underrated-fantasy.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-71434758811948355382023-12-11T01:00:00.000-06:002023-12-11T01:00:00.153-06:00Happiness Was An Octagon<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73mA8WjDhlOEnKJ6Q371gJvBLafS84OVzSdldzqCHUvLFAAOcsSOlIuxKLLNLZ91kBMgytjU-APfeGTD1f-F8d6roFVbbRJwCdJiq4rXdXZfD7HoXp5gt08U6relDYDmdeyZ1Kq_h0mw582FEsnHdNH80y_kVhBXR8yzE205ssq1OBoJJLtM/s300/Pendleton-Alexander%20House.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73mA8WjDhlOEnKJ6Q371gJvBLafS84OVzSdldzqCHUvLFAAOcsSOlIuxKLLNLZ91kBMgytjU-APfeGTD1f-F8d6roFVbbRJwCdJiq4rXdXZfD7HoXp5gt08U6relDYDmdeyZ1Kq_h0mw582FEsnHdNH80y_kVhBXR8yzE205ssq1OBoJJLtM/s1600/Pendleton-Alexander%20House.jpg" width="300"></a></i></b></div><b><i>Eight sides to hold you.</i></b><p></p>
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/12/happiness-was-octagon.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-21592020696735205582023-12-04T01:00:00.054-06:002023-12-04T09:35:06.187-06:00Fifty Years of Appointments With "The Wicker Man"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSJYRcMtXThiy77oW_lutMLcEQqMGCLAV-eCAueh2wmXV6l3wC-MkZo431T9VXSEVH-rQiyOhIMztr3kdDcGxvDs_fZb4EaOGXFT9yYndXmEn1vyUpKj1JIMDrjVMr9YWtQ6yiyL4SMme7lUbEQftkdNixdKkrsj3Nve5d7iqRgl6PRDI66CSpA/s300/wicker-man.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSJYRcMtXThiy77oW_lutMLcEQqMGCLAV-eCAueh2wmXV6l3wC-MkZo431T9VXSEVH-rQiyOhIMztr3kdDcGxvDs_fZb4EaOGXFT9yYndXmEn1vyUpKj1JIMDrjVMr9YWtQ6yiyL4SMme7lUbEQftkdNixdKkrsj3Nve5d7iqRgl6PRDI66CSpA/s1600/wicker-man.jpg" width="300"></a></div>This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of <i>The Wicker Man</i>, the classic British horror film directed by <b>Robin Hardy </b>and starring <b>Edward Woodward</b>, <b>Britt Ekland</b>, and <b>Christopher Lee</b>.
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/12/fifty-years-of-appointments-with-wicker.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-21216385689015743342023-11-29T12:00:00.008-06:002023-11-29T12:49:48.809-06:00Something About Statistics
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/11/something-about-statistics.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-35046336942086481812023-11-27T01:00:00.018-06:002023-11-27T01:00:00.147-06:00Something About A Printing Error<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh886bX5wBQUcX8PP5xzGazZcwudqsDipevFNkftX9_3jYW9o61Ull0mXpHXIaGb4kpE_QBE1Qmc4R1TvBUd6j3ZHkUWCmSMVnvAT_teSllDw3HigCdiU8Q8UI733h8plbpUG25vUCKvs-RzHkw2aeKE79cB3Aie8fyAoAs-ZrIhsth4924INph/s300/figure-print-error.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh886bX5wBQUcX8PP5xzGazZcwudqsDipevFNkftX9_3jYW9o61Ull0mXpHXIaGb4kpE_QBE1Qmc4R1TvBUd6j3ZHkUWCmSMVnvAT_teSllDw3HigCdiU8Q8UI733h8plbpUG25vUCKvs-RzHkw2aeKE79cB3Aie8fyAoAs-ZrIhsth4924INph/s1600/figure-print-error.jpg" width="300"></a></i></b></div><b><i>A real page-turner.</i></b><p></p>
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/11/something-about-printing-error.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-57426240794004236622023-11-06T01:00:00.001-06:002023-11-06T01:00:00.140-06:00Something About Giants (in England!)<p>
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/11/something-about-giants-in-england.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-11376374512785147972023-10-02T01:00:00.000-05:002023-10-02T01:00:00.141-05:00Something About Sir John Bennett<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNh0oOb3GcNVXwjdZAiEAopC0B-bC7kkDF-rw0xYgRkNt1PYtm9cwrnKDtIc71-d6_P9emjohpDehJVTw_cmeQ3TrsV8FsYTcd-C-wvJc22AsOUFBgR0yOOFbOtLFCxdOi7wuyBu2XUu_7rtFtDsjHXCW9SAbXd1cBKs9RI_t4lawlZHfVg/s300/bennett-john.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNh0oOb3GcNVXwjdZAiEAopC0B-bC7kkDF-rw0xYgRkNt1PYtm9cwrnKDtIc71-d6_P9emjohpDehJVTw_cmeQ3TrsV8FsYTcd-C-wvJc22AsOUFBgR0yOOFbOtLFCxdOi7wuyBu2XUu_7rtFtDsjHXCW9SAbXd1cBKs9RI_t4lawlZHfVg/s1600/bennett-john.jpg" width="300"></a></i></b></div><b><i>Keeping to his schemes, the hours tick away.</i></b><p></p>
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/09/something-about-hans-sloane.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-76382959323018003412023-08-28T01:00:00.030-05:002023-08-28T01:00:00.144-05:00Something About Moss Men<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdb-1Eygc4VfV7Mi_UjhBwxosxcMzrmZlPCfGNpEbz_1UNkwRassn4HiEGszWiB-IXx3hHFc9y42gc6S0WDCh7cAPuZJfJbGTjad_HETjgXLOdeiuB46mwyFVhSbV8f528AsRT3fSfGiUzxjJb_OumzpILRjhW0ZN1TeKDwUGdg9m7_VBgu4e/s300/moss.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdb-1Eygc4VfV7Mi_UjhBwxosxcMzrmZlPCfGNpEbz_1UNkwRassn4HiEGszWiB-IXx3hHFc9y42gc6S0WDCh7cAPuZJfJbGTjad_HETjgXLOdeiuB46mwyFVhSbV8f528AsRT3fSfGiUzxjJb_OumzpILRjhW0ZN1TeKDwUGdg9m7_VBgu4e/s1600/moss.jpg" width="300"></a></i></b></div><b><i>The fens way.</i></b><p></p>
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/08/something-about-moss-men.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-71944532780477415882023-08-21T01:00:00.005-05:002023-08-21T01:00:00.138-05:00Something About Jon Klassen<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJcpViwrp21U2teExfUfEh8fG0UohfGHGDGp1a14UqvIzRDsGKOlYkLFCFDu_cC1vGd12SaJq4sGmK6xs5rBnYIyd0WgRGl18DvU5z157_wzGhDiqLuuG6T9HxPkgmYHdjE5NP1epp5038L4wMlX8dPSp_-1X8V5tnIhLN2uOTSP89vQGTg7F/s300/klassen-jon-skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJcpViwrp21U2teExfUfEh8fG0UohfGHGDGp1a14UqvIzRDsGKOlYkLFCFDu_cC1vGd12SaJq4sGmK6xs5rBnYIyd0WgRGl18DvU5z157_wzGhDiqLuuG6T9HxPkgmYHdjE5NP1epp5038L4wMlX8dPSp_-1X8V5tnIhLN2uOTSP89vQGTg7F/s1600/klassen-jon-skull.jpg" width="300"></a></i></b></div><b><i>Mist-y eyed.</i></b><p></p>
<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/08/something-about-jon-klassen.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-79790147390984698892023-08-07T01:00:00.014-05:002023-08-07T01:00:00.143-05:00Something About Aelfrics Wuldor<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJM6wSgVVjL6rC4JT-04bKcG7f5o3lBm71M0vayMmCddLS79R6HGOfv9oOSXB-d4c5dQngsINS5XtTnbmIK211J6E9ZJSz7u7TJGJXKXn7wobcV50DYdlgMl47AF0KrfGVT0Ufdks80w52yEob8gz2jLcxGop8umuc3JTjbFpTX8nhK-P5g/s300/%C3%86lfric.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJM6wSgVVjL6rC4JT-04bKcG7f5o3lBm71M0vayMmCddLS79R6HGOfv9oOSXB-d4c5dQngsINS5XtTnbmIK211J6E9ZJSz7u7TJGJXKXn7wobcV50DYdlgMl47AF0KrfGVT0Ufdks80w52yEob8gz2jLcxGop8umuc3JTjbFpTX8nhK-P5g/s1600/%C3%86lfric.jpg" width="300"></a></i></b></div><b><i>Olde Tyme Waves.</i></b><p></p>
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<a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/07/something-about-english-monarchs.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-47441531407580481822023-06-26T01:00:00.024-05:002023-06-26T01:00:00.144-05:00Book Alert: The Stone, the Cipher, and the Shadows<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG_3q_7qYFSTyRE0pQFlyz01hwwAgKw-fsxwcUB---9tprcTqbs2g3z5ElqIc3OyLWOXI7yok_UoCJRvWESNs4uc6z2v6uCqWYoV_MdY03yTCnEIUEJn4VydYy8u5LsJAQBue4v_EphfYafFnen0DtTSGe5QHE-4SAkW-wUSmVoApbkZVTkU/s300/stonecs.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijG_3q_7qYFSTyRE0pQFlyz01hwwAgKw-fsxwcUB---9tprcTqbs2g3z5ElqIc3OyLWOXI7yok_UoCJRvWESNs4uc6z2v6uCqWYoV_MdY03yTCnEIUEJn4VydYy8u5LsJAQBue4v_EphfYafFnen0DtTSGe5QHE-4SAkW-wUSmVoApbkZVTkU/s1600/stonecs.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div>Open Road Media will publish the 2022 Johnny Dixon title <i>The Stone, the Cipher, and the Shadows</i> in paperback on Aug. 8, 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div>It began life as an e-book, was published as an audiobook earlier this year, and now will become a paperback. My how the times have changed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Why not buy an extra copy and <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Hard-Cover-for-a-Paperback-Book">make your own hardcover</a>? Ha.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-46487351246978675522023-06-19T01:00:00.057-05:002023-06-22T07:53:45.569-05:00Researching Mary Zimmerman Yet Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It wouldn't be a year ending in 3 (like
<a href="https://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2003/06/researching-mary-zimmerman.html">2003</a> or
<a href="https://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2013/09/researching-mary-zimmerman-again.html">2013</a>) without a note about Mary Zimerman. Zimerman was a poet, playwright, and
a one-time resident of Wisconsin, where John Bellairs met her when he came
to town for a friend's wedding. She reportedly was a big fan of all things
purple. Bellairs was intrigued and inspired to create a similarly-named
character, Mrs. Florence Zimermann.<span></span></div></div><a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/06/researching-mary-zimmerman-yet-again.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570492.post-36941947503155036102023-06-12T01:00:00.072-05:002023-06-12T01:00:00.136-05:00Piotr: The Music of John Bellairs in the Wild: Five Field Recordings<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6ojuoNOQwjMcMQkztrEseYNCAG1nvq1XK7kzFQT2G1Pj3DYUS06TMCBYquyuBiD1NfIx05__ruJZfIY-dhdXJsMzvyV_-Pqp_3KO3xIS_7Fd9bLTJKfPvpSFp6BFUCCcct1zvgCTmZ72kMTEx0NAb7Fqtmc5DyW-YIDbXDvdoNj5GD4taiM/s300/23.0612-a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6ojuoNOQwjMcMQkztrEseYNCAG1nvq1XK7kzFQT2G1Pj3DYUS06TMCBYquyuBiD1NfIx05__ruJZfIY-dhdXJsMzvyV_-Pqp_3KO3xIS_7Fd9bLTJKfPvpSFp6BFUCCcct1zvgCTmZ72kMTEx0NAb7Fqtmc5DyW-YIDbXDvdoNj5GD4taiM/s1600/23.0612-a.jpg" width="300"></a></i></div><i>We've interviewed musician and historian <a href="https://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/05/interview-again-derek-piotr.html">Derek Piotr</a>, but we're turning over this week's post to him this time.</i><span></span><p></p><a href="http://bellairsia.blogspot.com/2023/06/piotr-music-of-john-bellairs-in-wild.html#more"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0