Later this summer Mrs. Biblioracle and I are going on a trip to Norway. Fjords, y’all! Anyway, in preparation, I’ve been reading Septologyby Norwegian writer and dramatist Jon Fosse, a six volume novel written in a single continuous sentence. Writing about Fosse in the New Yorker, scholar and critic Merve Emre said of Septology, “Septology is the only novel I have read that has made me believe in the reality of the divine, as the fourteenth-century theologian Meister Eckhart, whom Fosse has read intently, describes it: 'It is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

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This column is “Past meets present,” the aim of which is to look back at game franchises and games that are in the news and topical again thanks to a sequel, a remaster, a re-release, and so on. Previous entries in this series can be found through this link. Just what constitutes the Oasis series of games is up in the air. If you’re from Japan or Europe, then, without question, The Story of Thor and its sequel-prequel, The Story of Thor 2, are it, even if the word “Oasis” never comes into play — even the translations of the Japanese subtitles for the games avoid the term.

Dear Friends, I’ve been working with Persephone through this transition to winter in New York. She arrived seemingly out of nowhere in November and has been with me steadily for over a month. I believe she’s arrived to help me understand the darkness of this time of year, but also to usher me through the challenging transition I’m experiencing in the menopause portal. I’ve clung to her hand, her gown, her feet at times.