“But it is a real book: i.e. it’s not a book at all, but like a thunderclap.” I recently came…
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We Need Stories; or, More About Rabbits
My household is a reading household. The hubs and I devote many evenings – and, occasionally, entire days – to…
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Lent: The Invitation
I dedicate this post to my dear Aunt Sara, who finished her race this past week and is now at…
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New Musical Interludes – Part 1
Who here remembers my post from May 2018, On Giant’s Shoulders: The Power of Music in Writing? (There’s no prize…
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Hail to the King: Stephen King on Writing “Right”
I’ve been spending some quality time with this book lately: Oddly enough, this is the first Stephen King book I…
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New Year “Adventures” and a Strange Gift
I don’t know how things are at your house, but in the Nelson homestead, 2019 has begun with a whimper…
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Elves, Effort, and T. S. Eliot
If you’ve read even a small portion of this blog, you know that I am rather fond of J. R.…
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Myth: A Grave Need
In my recent post Beloved Insignificant, I pondered the importance of so-called “small things”. Flowing seamlessly together with such musings…
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Another Musical Interlude
Hello, friends! First, two updates on The Ancient: ~ I commissioned hand-drawn cover art from the artist who has put…
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