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August 2018

August 10, 2018

Hiking with My Children: Seeing the World Differently

Ordinary Time 10 August 2018 The Edge of Elfland Concord, NH Dearest Readers, As I...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

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

Ordinary Time 30 May 2018 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest Readers, Not...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

On Belief in Fairies: Reflections from Robert Kirk’s The Secret Commonwealth

David Russell Mosley Christmastide 29 December 2017 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest...

December 08, 2017

Green Men, Fairies, Michael Martin, and the Aliveness of Creation

David Russell Mosley Advent Immaculate Conception 2017 The Edge of Elfland Manchester, New Hampshire Dearest...

August 2017

August 09, 2017

Fairies and Elves Stopping Construction: On the Care for Our Common Home

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 9 August 2017 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dearest...

November 2016

November 04, 2016

Reflections on Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Part I: The Nature of Fairies

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time 4 November 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire...

August 2016

August 11, 2016

Darkness in Elfland: Tolkien on Whether Fairies Are Demons and a (Hopefully) Fuller Account of Enchantment

David Russell Mosley Ordinary Time St. Clare's Day 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New...

April 2016

April 07, 2016

Levitas and Gravitas, Fairies and Mystics: A Response to Christiana N. Peterson

David Russell Mosley Eastertide 7 April 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

January 2016

January 07, 2016

Catholic or Pagan Imagination: A Response to Colleen Gillard

David Russell Mosley Epiphanytide 7 January 2016 The Edge of Elfland Hudson, New Hampshire Dear...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

"God, Gods, and Fairies"

Dear Friends and Family, In addition to my post on Tom O'Loughlin, here is an...

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