: “I’m a simple man,” he said, “just like a tomato.”
: O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour …
: from The Hungarian Confessio Catholica (1562) Concerning Nocturnal Discharges The Hebrews call certain infernal spirits or the devil himself …
: Saturday Links & Quotes - 3/21/26 I’m going to start sharing links and quotes here again. Links Blessings to all of my friends on …
: Der Blaue Reiter (1903) by Wassily Kandinsky
: “See, if I was big into the devil, I would have spelled it right.”
: Grimmness - Hitchcock vs. Wertham
: vacancies, absences “As far as I’m concerned, all the literatures of the fantastic are related — perhaps in a parodic, …
: Finished 2025: Pea, Bee, & Jay #1: Stuck Together by Brian 📚 I don’t know why I can’t accept …
: Finished 2025: The Quiet Eye: A Way of Looking at Pictures by Sylvia Shaw Judson 📚 One never …
: Finished 2025: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 📚 Another re-read.
: Finished 2025: Lady into Fox (Dover Literature: Science Fiction/Fantas… by David Garnett 📚 I’m …
: Finished 2025: Treasure Island - Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth by Robert Louis Stevenson 📚 Re-read. …
: Sørina Higgins is starting a podcast! She has no idea who I am, but I have been a reader of her …
: Confirmed: Kierkegaard was a smoker.
: When 'academic' is another word for 'detective' I have greatly enjoyed the following works of sifting historical evidence carefully and constructing …
: Finished 2025: Shared Life by Donald Macleod 📚 Good enough for what it is (a slim introduction to …
: read fewer books but read them with greater care There are many valid reasons to read, but if …
: Finished 2025: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 📚 My first Morrison (and Morrison’s first novel), …
: The Maverick Animator of Chaos About Shinya Ohira.
: Kayaking Manhattan Journalist Eliot Stein takes us along on the unique adventure of kayaking the …
: Note to myself. Read this: ANTIQUA ET NOVA
: Le Cyclope (c. 1914) by Odilon Redon
: Demons and ChatGPT The Christian must practice spiritual watchfulness and custody of the eyes. In …
: Finished 2025: Under the Dome by Stephen King 📚 So many things wrong with this stupid book… but it …
: Katherine Dee: Let’s Talk About ChatGPT-Induced Spiritual Psychosis The Internet as the Astral …
: Solaris Finished 2025: Solaris by Stanisław Lem 📚 It has been close to 20 years since I’ve seen the …
: The Kemble Pipe He was 80 years old, and he had to walk 120 miles back to jail, where he was tried and convicted for …
: Dave Sim is one of my heroes.
: One of the blessings of the internet is gaining access to conference talks that I would have never …
: Finished 2025: Mr. Distinctive by Olga Tokarczuk 📚 The story on its own is slight and maybe even a …
: Finished 2025: Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam 📚 Saw this on the new shelf and was intrigued. It’s …
: Finished 2025: Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King 📚 The short chapters narrating the monthly …
: Finished 2025: Faith of the Founders: Religion and the New Nation, 177… by Edwin S. Gaustad 📚 Stop …
: Finished 2025: The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han 📚 An “excess of positivity” strikes me as …
: Finished 2025: Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now by Patrick McGrath 📚 Lovely, complex …
: The Bicycle Race (1912) by Lyonel Feininger
: Finished 2025: The Long Walk by Stephen King 📚 Angsty YA novel form SK. It landed flat as a level …
: musical localism Another possible answer to “Why is music important?” is the one Peter Leithart has been making for …
: When a customer orders a bowl of dumpling ramen at a kiosk, a robot activates. A steel nozzle swirls …
: Close reading is simply “a technique of reading that makes an account of the reading process the …
: Finished 2025: Being Consumed by William T. Cavanaugh 📚 Really excellent. This focus on Eucharistic …
: The History teacher’s task in the “Information Age” has been made distressing when television and …
: In article 34 on baptism, de Brès wrote of how it profits us not just once, but through our whole …
: If thou wilt know and learn anything with profit, love to be thyself unknown and to be counted for nothing. Rest from inordinate desire of knowledge, for therein is found much distraction and deceit. Those …
: I’m not the only one who wants to get back to a website.
: Finished 2025: Pet Sematary by Stephen King 📚 Disappointing. I never felt an emotional connection to …
: Finished 2025: The Last Kind Words Saloon: A Novel by Larry McMurtry 📚 It’s entertaining in parts …
: Ted Gioia channels Wendell Berry: 9 Rules for New Technology Paul Kingsnorth discovers Frederick …
: Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire In a letter to a friend in the 1760s Gainsborough wrote: “I’m sick of Portraits and wish very much …
: JBJ argues against tariffs in 1998. Do we as Christians believe in “nationalism”? No, we don’t. We …
: I love this. I am in favor of local business, physical media, and a caring community that knows and …
: Finished 2025: Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Léger 📚 A lovely piece of writing. Nathalie …
: Finished 2025: Cassi and the House of Memories: A Graphic Novel by Dean Stuart 📚 Not sure about the …