December 1, 2025
The rule of three suggests that items, events, and plot points grouped into threes tickle the brain in a more satisfying way than singles, repetitions of twos, or needlessly longer series. With that being said, today marks my third appearance in Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature— a journal whose very title suggests an affinity with the rule of three. I’m no numerologist (and I hope you aren’t either), but I must confess my infatuation with the number three. Like many writers, I find that threes work their way into my prose over and over again. And now it seems, threes have worked their way into my publication history too. But I digress. For this Winter 2025 issue on the topic of Encounters, I’ve published a personal essay disguised as a book review. “To Be an Author” is ostensibly a review of Frank Dax’s book Real Toads, Imagined Garden, but the review is Read more…