Dove Descending: A Journey into T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets by Thomas Howard. I have a bit of a confession to make before I go off ranting and raving about this book: There is no way I can be either impartial or brief about this subject (but...
“The refutation of any argument against the Faith is not a demonstration of the truth of the Faith. It is the removal only of an obstacle to the Faith. For the Faith is not arrived at by demonstration, but by demonstration it is shown to be at...
Harvard’s crisis of standards Does the world�s most prestigious university deserve its stellar reputation? A recent graduate has his doubts. Wow! A great article that clearly discerns the crisis in higher education at America’s...
I finished the baby quilt last Sunday and have finally got around to shooting and uploading photos. This is the fourth baby quilt I’ve made and the ninth quilt. I little thought when I made my first quilt back in 2003 that I’d soon be...
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The Dragon and the Phoenix blog has this awesome picture of a little fetal foot pressing through the skin of mom’s belly. I’ve seen others like it, little hands and feet. I’ve even heard tell of people seeing little faces pressed...
I’m currently about halfway through The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn, a fascinating book. It’s quite hard to put down. This isn’t a review; I’ll probably write a wrap-up later once I’m...
A new meme: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open it to page 161. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence along with these instructions. 5. Don’t search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what’s...
I’m in my 39th week of pregnancy. My belly is huge and taut like a drum. Though everyone who sees me says I don’t look that far along. Well, I feel that far along. When the baby moves… and she does it frequently, she has periods as...
by John Scalzi
Good advice. Put in a file folder to use if I ever teach composition again.