It’s a passionate week on Vulpes Libris as the Foxes tackle the grandiose, the difficult and the disappointing. We do like a challenge!
On Monday, Jackie looks at an American icon in Empire by Mitchell Pacelle.
On Tuesday, Sharon enjoys Posy Simmonds’ take on Far From The Madding Crowd.
On Wednesday, Anne admits to being wrong when it comes to James McBride’s Song Yet Sung, but worries about inherent racism. Her own …
On Thursday, Hilary might have been expecting a little too much of Sarah Dunant’s Sacred Hearts.
On Friday, Moira rejoices in the new edition of Harry Graham’s When Grandmama Fell Off the Boat.
And on Saturday, Eve will surprise us!
This reproduction of Gustave Courbet’s Fox in the Snow comes from Wikimedia Commons, and is in the public domain because the copyright has expired.



I’ve never seen that Courbet fox painting before. It’s a very wild & cold looking landscape, but the fox’s coat looks thick & warm.
Ack! I’ve barely been online at all! So much to catch up on and look forward too! Also that poor little fox, makes me shiver just looking at it.