Rolf Heimann’s 2005 book The Royal Flea has a droll story — “Miss Featherstone and the Fire” — in it that illustrates the perils of Omit Needless Words. (Thanks to Elizabeth Daingerfield Zwicky, who gave me a copy of the book, just because it had this story in it, although it’s entertaining throughout. It’s meant … Continue reading The perils of ONW