The Jade Sphinx

    I was just listening to a collection of traditional Christmas Carols when I called to mind a conversation I had during a Christmas par...

Just a reminder of one of the key figures who saved the West from fascism. It seems that he is now to be the victim of fascism of quite...

So, many of you have been asking … where have you been for the past few months? Well, The Jade Sphinx was on temporary sabbatical...

On Sale At Target! I have been thinking much about the aesthetics of the Gothic as Halloween approaches.  As I coast into my 55 th y...

Longtime readers of The Jade Sphinx know of our longstanding love for children’s literature. Now, Beatrix Potter’s classic tales of Pe...

Toby Roan , the man behind the 50 Westerns From the 50s blog, graciously invited me to write a guest column on the Lone Ranger .  A...

No time in all the Twelve Nights and Days is so charged with the supernatural as Christmas Eve.  Doubtless this is due to the fact that...

Best is Snow is a charming books of photographs by April Pulley Sayer celebrating the mysteries of snow.  And what better mediation f...

Though it may not be entirely true that deep in the breast of every aesthete beats the heart of a cowboy, it is certainly true of Your...

One of our favorite memories of Christmas 2016 will be having read Candy Cane Lane , by Scott Santoro , under our Christmas tree.  It i...