Chesterton on Levity
I’m a big GK Chesterton fan. I especially love his book Orthodoxy, which is surely one of the most quotable books ever written. Here’s one of my favorite paragraphs from […]
The Singing Bush and the World of Wonders
At breakfast this morning, a friend got on the subject of that scene in The Three Amigos in which Dusty, Lucky, and Ned encounter the Singing Bush. They’re trying to […]
Feechie of the Week Returns! Python Hunters
It was my intention in this Feechie of the Week to highlight the brave python hunters of the Florida Everglades. As you may know, huge non-native pythons abound in the […]
In Which My Uncles Are Mistaken for Bank Robbers
My grandmother’s brothers were driving across Florida in a Model T Ford–this was eighty years ago or more. The car had no windshield, so the bugs that would normally get […]
Sad News: Brian Jacques of Redwall has died
I just heard that Brian Jacques, creator of the Redwall books, died of a heart attack over the weekend. He was seventy-one years old. I was introduced to the Redwall […]
Audience Participation Friday: Poetry Challenge
We saw some great poems yesterday using the word splanchnoptosis. It made me wonder what would happen if you had a real challenge. So here’s your challenge for APF: write […]
Hundreds Gather to Protest Global Warming
This has been floating around the Internet for a year or so. But it seems especially relevant today. That guy on the front row obviously isn’t going to take it […]
Counting the Bread
Today my friend Randall Goodgame told me a beautiful story that he heard from a woman who had served in an African orphanage on a short-term mission trip. One morning […]
The Next Light Pole
I’ve taken up running in recent years, and it’s done me quite a lot of good. Besides feeling better physically, I have benefitted from knowing that I, an old dog, […]
Audience Participation Friday: Food Favorites
Patrick had a great suggestion for Audience Participation Friday: Give us a story about a meal you’ve eaten. Or write about your favorite food (and why it’s your favorite). Recipes […]