R2E Excerpt #46*: The Rising Tide of Words Words Words

"I never travel without my diary," wrote Oscar Wilde. "One should always have something sensational to read on the train." WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY PETER MOORE

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN CONNECTICUT, speaking up led to a punch from a Murderer’s Row of older brothers. But after I’d decamped to England, words could propel me out the window and off on adventures, just like that other Peter (Pan). A croc with a clock—the enemy of my enemy—could be my playmate

On the ferry from France to Folkestone I floated on a risi…