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April 2015

April 21, 2015
Over the last couple of days I’ve been looking through some of the books (and...
April 20, 2015
Last week a reader took issue with Thomas’ use of the term “nobler beings” as...
April 17, 2015
Johnny Cash sings the best song about Original Sin I've ever heard: "The Beast in...
April 16, 2015
So in a fit of madness I pre-ordered an Amazon Echo when they were announced...
April 15, 2015
St. Paul tells us to pray without ceasing.  Just what that means is not entirely...
April 14, 2015
Ngaio Marsh’s first novel, A Man Lay Dead, is a competent, entertaining mystery, and already...
April 13, 2015
We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....
April 10, 2015
The "Liver Bird"? Really? What on earth is that? What it is, is a song...
April 09, 2015
She painted her face, but with such inattention to detail that Roberta was reminded of...
April 08, 2015
Tom McDonald tagged me a few weeks ago to do a post on "How I...
April 07, 2015
Ngaio Marsh (pronounced "NYE-oh") is one of my favorite mystery authors; and she’s striking because...
April 06, 2015
We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....
April 02, 2015
‘He’s a dear little man,’ said Lady Alleyn emphatically. ‘The nicest possible little man.’ ‘Not...
April 01, 2015
So I'm listening to a sermon, or reading a blog post, or reading a book,...

March 2015

March 31, 2015
After the disappointment of Dinner at Deviant’s Palace I waited with muted anticipation for Tim...
March 30, 2015
We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....
March 27, 2015
Duo Gadjo is a jazz duet; I've mostly encountered their versions of classic French jazz...
March 26, 2015
The cub, as Hambledon had called Gordon Palmer, was seventeen years old, dreadfully sophisticated, and...
March 25, 2015
So a relative of mine was at the mall, and heard a father say to...
March 24, 2015
This week we continue our tour of Tim Powers' works with his fifth novel, Dinner...
March 23, 2015
We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....
March 20, 2015
Anyone who's heard Alison Krauss knows she can sing like an angel...but who knew Robert...
March 19, 2015
The cocktail party ploughed on through a syrupy flood of mixed alcohols, mechanical compliments, second-hand...
March 18, 2015
It's so typical a moment that it's become trite: the athlete steps out for his...
March 17, 2015
As I'm sure everyone who reads this blog already knows, Sir Terry Pratchett, author of...
March 16, 2015
In a comment on last week's Aquinas post, a reader objected to my characterization of...
March 13, 2015
I'm not sure that Louis Prima was capable of singing a song without getting goofy...
March 12, 2015
A tinge of old beetroot suffused Mr Teal’s rubicund complexion. To say that his goat...
March 11, 2015
Clare Short recently began formation as a Secular Carmelite, and has been blogging about it....
March 10, 2015
A couple of weeks ago, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry posted about his first encounter with C.S. Lewis’...
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