I was working on something that was going to be all clever and funny—7 reasons to stay Anglican—but it isn’t coming out right, which means I need to wander away and then try again later. Also, a random cat looked in at the window last night and then happily came in the door. We think it’s a she (I mean, seriously, we have no idea) and are sure that some lovely person is probably desperately looking for her(?). So anyway,... Read more
I’m over at Stand Firm today. Enjoy! *********************************************************************************************** I came across something ghastly on Twitter a couple of days ago. It is a short clip of a comedienne and TV personality whom I have often run across on the many and varied British quiz shows that I sometimes watch on Sunday evenings when I am trying to fall asleep after one of those extra special fourteen-hour days. British people love celebrity panel efforts about news and trivia and Ms. Wolf... Read more
Besides baking gingerbread cookies and procuring and decorating a Christmas Tree and otherwise completely neglecting Advent (I feel like I will never live down the shame of this year), I have now watched, in quick succession, The Christmas Prince, The Christmas Prince: A Royal Wedding, and The Christmas Prince: A Royal Baby. These are all on Netflix, which I think we should all cancel, running to fling all our devices into the sea, as one might cut off a hand... Read more
Me Posting Covers of my Favorite Books “Without Comment.” UPDATE: I post this link and RIGHT UNDERNEATH I am offered this. The End IS Nigh. I broke my self-imposed never-post-anything-on-facebook-or-twitter-but-links-to-my-own-blog-because-of-being-an-unrepentant-social-media-sinner to complain about the particular ads being targeted to me–the Book Merch ones. You know what I’m talking about. You occasionally talk about a book you read or something, or say that you like reading books, and so suddenly you are A Book Lover, just like you might be a... Read more
I have been trying to find my way to a chair all day and have finally succeeded. It all started far far too early at hand therapy–one of those kinds of early morning events that completely discombobulates the rest of the day. After that, instead of sensibly sitting down to podcast, we all got in the car to wander around town looking for a Christmas tree. As usual, we left this task until far too late and did not succeed in... Read more
It looks like Hallmark has finally been caught in the net of this age’s god. Twitter is steaming mad, flinging all their sugar cookies to the ground in a rage, that, after a group called One Million Moms protested, Hallmark actually pulled an ad featuring a lesbian wedding. It was deemed “too controversial,” which is a fascinating turn of events, because I’m pretty sure the whole thing is not that controversial anymore. Just as an aside—and because love is love,... Read more
Is it really Friday? One We celebrated St. Nicholas with a vengeance last week—shoes and chocolate and a party at church and everything—and today we are going to have a gander at St. Lucia’s day, something I’ve never managed to get to. It’s going to be epic, probably. But hand therapy comes first. Two The discouraging thing about my life is that I really can only do one thing at a time. So this year apparently we’re doing absolutely nothing... Read more
I’m over at Stand Firm Today. Enjoy! ***************************************************************************** I’ve just finished Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds. It is so good that I’m turning round and picking The Strange Death of Europe as soon as my new credit comes due. All the usual—I don’t agree with everything he says—caveating aside (which, honestly, is so tedious, but, as he himself points out, has to be done in the new Social Media age because nobody bothers with things like context) this book is a restful oasis... Read more
In my twitter ramblings yesterday I landed on this interview in the Guardian. Another person I had never heard of, an author this time, has recently published a book—1000 pages which, some complain, is only made up of about 8 sentences. It is a stream of consciousness affair, and probably I won’t have time to read it. The bit of the interview that caught the attention of twitter is this unsurprising opinion: What worries me is the big divide I’ve... Read more
Tell me again how you feel… I was all set to talk about all the books I read this year, but then, as I was wandering around the internet in the early hours, trying to understand what is going on in France, I discovered this important information. Someone named Bella Hadid is turning the world upside down by wearing her watch backwards. The link is to Elle. Let’s go through some of it, shall we? Whether it’s Kendall Jenner’s back-to-front jeans or Cara... Read more
Preventing Grace
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