I was never much for fairy tales until more recently. Animals talking? Elves and dwarves? Tree people and all those blurred lines between real and fantastic that made me uncomfortable? But as Lewis says, maybe I am just finally getting old enough to enjoy them. And now, I must confess, one of my very favorite…
Eternal Light
Eternal Light! Eternal Light!How pure the soul must be,when, placed within Your searching sight,it shrinks not, but with calm delightcan face such majesty.The spirits who surround Your thronemay bear that burning bliss;but that is surely theirs alone,since they have never, never knowna fallen world like this.O how shall I, whose dwelling hereis dark, whose mind…
#100
It feels appropriate that the 100th post on this blog should be the one before us: news and philosophical rabbit holes. But first, let's celebrate. 100. It's taken me a few years to get here (my very first post here was in 2019) which makes it even sweeter. Thank you to each of you who…
On the Bookstand
Back in October, I did a Favorites post which turned out to basically just be a booklist. So, for the time being, I'm giving up trying to find favorites (my life is super boring and literally whatever my favorites were 6 months ago are the still the same ones today), and instead I'll give you…
The Magical In-Between
It was our last night away. We wound up the mountains to the Maltrata Pass in Veracruz on our way to a hotel in Córdoba. It was very dark, though not late, and I felt my anxiety levels rise. Recent reports of hold-ups, highway robberies, on that very highway brought back a flood of memories.…
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