The history of the world, as it is writen and handed down by word of mouth, often fails us completely; but man’s intuitive capacity, though it often misleads, does lead, does not ever abandon one. And so, for instance, the tradition of the seven wonders of the world has always had associated with it the rumor that there was another, an eight wonder of the world, and concerning this eighth wonder there were various, perhaps contradictory, statements made, the vagueness of which was explained by the obscurity of ancient times.
—The Blue Octavo Notebooks (Second Notebook)
I missed my chance to attend last weekend’s Houston Indie Book Festival because I was caught up in various Mother’s Day events; however, I was able to get in touch, through Signe Cluiss, with Kirby Johnson, cofounder/coeditor of NANO Fiction and one of the organizers of the festival. I asked her if she would write some of her thoughts about the day, and after the break I’ve posted what she kindly sent back.
Hey World, how’s it going? Oh? Great, I’m glad to hear it. Um . . . this is just a little thing, please don’t worry about it, uh . . . but, yeah, it’s spelled W-H-O-A. Everywhere I look lately it’s misspelled and I wasn’t going to say anything, but it’s so awfully ugly with the “h” at the end.