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“Cold Pastoral”
What the heck is a “cold pastoral” you might be asking, if you are a person who has just happened upon this page. It’s a MacGuffin, I’ll answer, an object that is introduced at the beginning of a story and that motivates the action, only to be forgotten about after the story gets underway. Much like the holy grail of an Arthurian legend. …
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