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2018-05-30T13:45:38-04:00

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Camping on the Edge of Elfland: Pat Noone and Green Hills Farm

Last updated on: May 30, 2018 at 1:45 pm By David Russell Mosley

Ordinary Time 30 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Not long ago I was made aware of the excellent Facebook page Ronan Kelly’s Ireland. Kelly travels around Ireland interviewing people, showing his audience Ireland. Kelly goes out of his way to show us the non-touristy Ireland. I’ve watched videos with an older woman shopkeeper, an old cobbler and his mate, a savant piano player with schizophrenia. But my favorite by far has been the video... Read more

Ronan Kelly's Ireland

2018-05-29T11:58:38-04:00

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Chesterton, Dragons, and Cancer: A Reflection on this Chesterton’s 144th Birthday

Last updated on: May 29, 2018 at 11:58 am By David Russell Mosley

Ordinary Time 29 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Four years ago, on 8 May, I was sitting in the hospital with my wife, my mother-in-law, and our 8 day old children. While at first we thought it would be Theodore keeping us in the hospital––since had been born 4lbs 1oz and was having trouble feeding by any method––it was Edwyn who kept us there. He was jaundiced and very little seemed to have any... Read more

Being a Catholic Evangelical

2018-05-24T05:32:23-04:00

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Caring for Creation: Reflections on an Old Address by Prince Charles

Last updated on: May 24, 2018 at 5:32 am By David Russell Mosley

Ordinary Time 24 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Thanks to Michael Martin, sophiologist, poet, philosopher, theologian, musician, and biodynamic farmer, I recently came across this video of HRH Prince Charles speaking to the Associazione per l’Agricoltura Biodinamica conference ‘Economy of the earth’ in February of 2016. Prince Charles extols the virtues of Rudolph Steiner’s vision for biodynamic farming and excoriates the modern industrialized farming practices that have plagued not only Britain but the world.... Read more

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2018-05-21T11:40:28-04:00

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Why Do We Tell Stories? What Happens When We Stop Listening?

Last updated on: May 21, 2018 at 11:40 am By David Russell Mosley

Pentecost 21 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Stories, myths, poetry, these are common fare here at Letters from the Edge of Elfland, but one question I constantly turn to is why? Why do we write stories? Why do we perpetuate myths? Why, on earth, do we write poetry? What is it about humanity the makes us want to do more than communicate, to have more than mere utility? The answer, I think, lies somewhere... Read more

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2018-05-20T16:38:03-04:00

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A Pentecost Poem: The Feast of Mercury

Last updated on: May 20, 2018 at 4:38 pm By David Russell Mosley

Pentecost Pentecost 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Here is a little sonnet in honor of Pentecost. I hope you enjoy it. On our heads fall Mercury’s words of flames. The playful god makes sport of our thought. He sends the spirit fire of language games, And brings the curse of Babel down to nought. Today fishermen are made into priests, No fire and brimstone sermon preached Peter. But of Christ and glory, and holy feasts... Read more

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2018-05-16T14:12:53-04:00

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Ideas and Words: A Letter on Writing

Last updated on: May 16, 2018 at 2:12 pm By David Russell Mosley

Eastertide 16 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Anyone who still reads these letters regularly has likely noticed my relative absence. I’ve been in a bit of a malaise, not able to bring myself to actually write anything, or not much of anything. Which is unfortunate since white guys with ennui is so cliché. But there you are, even someone who considers themselves a little different, on the edge even (of Elfland perhaps) can be... Read more

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2018-05-10T10:19:21-04:00

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In Honor of Our Mechanic

Last updated on: May 10, 2018 at 10:19 am By David Russell Mosley

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 11 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, A few weeks ago, I dropped off our car to a certain, chain, auto-mechanic for its oil change. Before they called to tell us the car was ready I received an email telling me all the things that were wrong with the car. I know next to nothing about cars. I know to put gas in them, how to change a tire, and how... Read more

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2018-05-06T14:33:53-04:00

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Listening to New Music: The Oh Hellos, Arvo Pärt, and Darlingside

Last updated on: May 6, 2018 at 2:33 pm By David Russell Mosley

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 6 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, In the past 6 months I have been introduced to three new musical artists/composers I thought I would share with you. Each of them stands out as something unique. None of them is easily pigeon-holed. And I like this. Not because I’m a hipster who only likes music no one else has ever heard of; if that were the case I wouldn’t be sharing... Read more

2018-04-24T15:02:46-04:00

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Beauty, Death, Life, and Deification: Reviewing Tell Them Something Beautiful by Sam Rocha

Last updated on: April 24, 2018 at 3:02 pm By David Russell Mosley

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 24 April 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, To say I read Sam Rocha’s Tell Them Something Beautiful would be incorrect. I devoured it like a man who hasn’t eaten in weeks. I ravished it like a husband who sees his wife for the first time after a long absence. I will need to return to this book to savor it, fortunately, it is a book that will bear re-reading. I write... Read more

Tell Them Something Beautiful

2018-04-10T08:43:54-04:00

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Ethnicity, DNA, White Supremacy, and the Pro-Life Movement

Last updated on: April 10, 2018 at 8:43 am By David Russell Mosley

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 10 April 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Today I got the results of my recent DNA test through ancestry.com. The results were surprising. I knew my family hailed from Great Britain and Ireland, and I knew we had some other European stock in there, but I had no idea about the relatively large percentage of Scandinavian ancestry. What is even more interesting is that I received this news just days after... Read more

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