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April 2020

April 14, 2020

Some Books for If You’re Bored Out of Your Mind

found it! I'm trying to write something else, like piles of other things, so I...

April 07, 2020

Before It Is Too Late

I was thinking about not blogging this week, what with it being Holy Week and...

March 2020

March 06, 2020

7 Political, DST, Literary, Community, and Spamming Takes

Is it really Friday? Wow. I didn’t think this day would ever come. Don’t be...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

7 Books, Cats, and Hands Takes

It is, it’s Friday, and I’ve got to rush off to hand therapy. So, this...

January 29, 2020

God Helps Those Who Can’t Help Themselves

My little girls and I finished Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter yesterday. Like all...

January 17, 2020

7 Scattered Takes

Is it Friday? It is. That means Takes. One Matt and I coincided in our...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Good Luck With Your Narcissism

On whatever day of Christmas it was yesterday, I indulged myself by lying back on...

December 17, 2019

I Want Books Not Book Merch

Me Posting Covers of my Favorite Books "Without Comment." UPDATE: I post this link and...

December 12, 2019

Forgiveness Is The Only Way

I'm over at Stand Firm Today. Enjoy! ***************************************************************************** I’ve just finished Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds....

November 2019

November 12, 2019

I Hate The Snow*

Apparently I talk about the snow a lot on Fridays (don’t worry, I know today...

October 2019

October 30, 2019

Do Not Grow Weary In Doing Good

God—in his providence, I mean, I hope it’s providence and not something more awful—foresaw that...

October 23, 2019

Book Notes

Binge finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn last night. It veered perilously close to the...

October 18, 2019

7 Let’s Stay Home Takes

Look! It’s Friday! One My children have developed a pretty fabulous game where they either...

October 03, 2019

Three Things on Thursday

My current internal state. The First Thing This video is amazing. Of all the things...

September 2019

September 27, 2019

7 We Can’t Do Better Takes

I mean, we think we can, but we can't because we're sinners. So that's too...

September 12, 2019

Books on Thursday: Strangers, Dentists, and Writing Envy

Me trying to read literally anything. And boy does she have a lot of teeth....

September 05, 2019

When You Run Out of Time, and Also, You Have Money to Burn

We all know that books can be bought not for reading, but for decorative purposes,...

August 2019

August 09, 2019

7 Takes In A Tragic Time

Kelly isn’t doing links today, but I thought I’d have a whack at them, since...

July 2019

July 24, 2019

I Could Have Been Brilliant If You Hadn’t Interrupted Me

This was a pretty interesting article, about which I don't have much time (heh heh...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

A Mediation Upon Going To The Library

[I survived, but it was exhausting.] This is a brilliant thread. Someone got on the...

June 07, 2019

7 Strange Takes

One I was so so honored to be on Alisa Childers’ very cool podcast this week...

June 05, 2019

The Gospel for a Suicidal World

This over at the Guardian is good, especially the ending, In contrast, the logic of...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

If You Want To Be Free, You Can’t Do Whatever You Want

I am waiting for Elphine (not her real name) to finish The Last Chronicle of...

April 03, 2019

I’d Rather Be Seen With It Than Read It

Here’s a level of fashionable body positivity I can get get on board with. I...

March 2019

March 21, 2019

Books Aren’t Dead: A Walk Through B&N

[Oh look! There it was in real life! Too bad it’s out of print.] I...

March 08, 2019

7 Takes on International Women’s Day

Friday, it finally came. One Pretty sure today is International Women’s Day—at least according to...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Book Notes: The Penguins Won’t Save Your Marriage

[This cat disapproves of your penguins.] Mr. Popper’s Penguins is the worst. I’m pretty sure...

February 15, 2019

7 Wilder Takes

One Decided to stop neglecting the little girls and read to them all those books...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

7 Important Quotes

Rushing along through the week. Can’t think any thoughts of my own, so other people’s...

January 24, 2019

Book Notes: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen

I am heading into a super busy weekend, and ought to be already running around...