“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Books I’ve Finally Finished in January
This post may contain affiliated links. This is a test run of a new method to record/review the books I’ve read. It’s titled “Finally Finished” because I have a bad habit of setting down a book and not picking it up for months. The current plan is to give a line or two of my […]
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The Quote Is a Lie!
This post may contain affiliated links. I love C.S. Lewis. Lurve him. And I quote him incessantly — and misquote him apparently. This is one I’ve always believed was accurate. It sounds sort of like something he would say. Until you think about it for a minute and realize that new dreams and endeavors in […]
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Gaining a day
This year leap day happens on a Monday in an election year. Because of course it does. (Actually, it’s always in an election year. Whose bright ideas was that?) Still, we get an extra day, right? Woo-hoo! Party time! Let’s blow off work and head to the (insert favorite place to loaf)! But alas, the […]
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A banner day and a birthday eve
The Hobbit was published 78 years ago on September 21, 1937. Providentially, Bilbo’s birthday is on September 22, 1290, according to Shire Reckoning. Both days ought to be celebrated for the joy, adventure, and wonder they have brought to countless people. While there are no medical tests to help with this determination, typically through conversation […]
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Living a contented life
Today’s C.S. Lewis quote: The whole lesson of my life has been that no ‘methods of stimulation’ are of any lasting use. They are indeed like drugs—a stronger dose is needed each time and soon no possible dose is effective. We must not bother about thrills at all. Do the present duty—bear the present pain—enjoy […]
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Terrible Tuesday: At least the weather’s nice
It’s been beautiful here lately: sixties and seventies, clear skies. But it’s still February. Eighteen more days links! 10 Bible scenes that should be made into LEGO Sets. For the Protestants, just substitute Elijah and the Prophets of Baal for Judith. C.S. Lewis titles on-line. 19 fairly useful baking hacks. (The headline at the link […]
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Mud pies over infinite joy
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased. […]
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Our own masters?
Sometimes you come across something so unbelievable stupid, you want to facepalm, smack the fool out of people, and bless their hearts all at the same time. For example: Um. <blinking eyes rapidly> pic.twitter.com/TfLukF48ZO — Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 28, 2015 For example with buy cialis line this is something you will probably need to buy […]
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Lewis on Letting Go
This post may contain affiliated links. This is a variation of a very popular C.S. Lewis quote. Lewis is, of course, highly quotable, but the context of the quotes is where the real meat lies. Lewis had an enormous correspondence, and one of his pen-pals was an American woman Mary Willis Shelburne. His letters to […]
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Blackmail of the wicked
This is from C.S. Lewis’s wonderful book on heaven, The Great Divorce. The first speaker is a guide to heaven, George MacDonald, and the second speaker is the narrator. “What some people say on Earth is that the final loss of one soul gives the lie to all the joy of those who are […]
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