Characters such as Jack Brown [supposedly a UFO investigator] have been annoying and frightening people for centuries. In earlier ages they were associated with the occult or with religious experience … the dark men of countless traditions. Today they are a part of the UFO mythos. They arrive after a UFO or fortean event, sometimes afoot, sometimes driving automobiles that appear new even if the vehicle is clearly many years old. […] They ask strange questions and make outlandish observations, or they simply follow from place to place.

In Asia Minor, Mount Taurus is covered with forests of cypress, juniper, and savines.

Serve the oxtails with mustard or a sauce made by reducing the soup, if any is left, to a slightly thick sauce.

She was in the flower of her life.