Bare trees with branches, tentacle-like, grasp. Exposed bark. Leaves cling to a few oaks, green tinged with yellow, orange, brown. There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. God has given us nature to surround us and wrap us like a garment, and I have had only a few moments of electrifying clarityContinue reading “November 5th”
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6 Reasons to Read Macbeth
Macbeth is definitely my favorite Shakespeare play…so far (I am more widely read in Shakespeare than the average person, but I am still woefully ignorant of the entire Shakespeare canon). However, spending any time at all among Shakespeare’s works quickly enlightens us as to why the Elizabethan playwright is so profoundly famous and global: his fantasticalContinue reading “6 Reasons to Read Macbeth”
Follow New Instagram Account: A Little Literary Fun on the Side
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your front door…” “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” “To be, or not to be…” Some famous lines ofContinue reading “Follow New Instagram Account: A Little Literary Fun on the Side”
Faustus Makes a Deal with…Will Ferrell?
This week in my online Renaissance class we are reading Christopher Marlowe’s famous play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. In the play Faustus makes a deal with the devil in exchange for a life of decadence for twenty-four years on earth. In addition to various other tasks, we were asked to analyze the continued effectsContinue reading “Faustus Makes a Deal with…Will Ferrell?”
El Salvador: Juayua, Ataco, El Principito, and Grace
[I missed a post last week, so this is basically a combination of yesterday’s and tomorrow’s posts.] Yesterday I went to las cascadas de Juayua with some friends. We’re in the rainy season here in El Salvador, but if we wait for ideal conditions in life, we’ll sell ourselves woefully short. Thus, we plowed on andContinue reading “El Salvador: Juayua, Ataco, El Principito, and Grace”
A Day in the Life of Your Favorite Book Character (Anodos)
If you could spend a day as your favorite book character, who would it be? I wanted to think outside the box a little bit here and choose a character lesser known than, say, a certain famous hobbit. Then it hit me: Anodos! Anodos is the name of the main character in the Victorian fairyContinue reading “A Day in the Life of Your Favorite Book Character (Anodos)”
At the Intersection of Books & Dreams
“I have come to believe that coming true is not the only purpose of a dream. It’s most important purpose is to get us in touch with where dreams come from…” This weekend I watched a TED talk by Lisa Bu entitled “How Books Can Open Your Mind.” It’s a fascinating account of a youngContinue reading “At the Intersection of Books & Dreams”
The Number One Rule for Developing a Deep Perpetual Ongoing Unceasing Unquenchable Insatiable Appetite for Books…
. . . . . . . . . DON’T STOP READING!!! Okay, okay. I know this is earth-shatteringly profound. But seriously, as cyclical a statement as this might seem (the way to develop a love for books is to keep reading but it’s difficult to keep reading without having a deep love of books),Continue reading “The Number One Rule for Developing a Deep Perpetual Ongoing Unceasing Unquenchable Insatiable Appetite for Books…”
Poetry Wednesday: “The Peace of Wild Things”
[Here is my first post entitled “Poetry Wednesday.” This is a pretty new blog to begin with, but this particular idea is fresh-outta-the-oven-new. I like the medium of poetry. I once heard someone describe dance as a pure art since dancers rarely get famous and the peak of a dancer’s life is so short (they’re bodies literally cannotContinue reading “Poetry Wednesday: “The Peace of Wild Things””
The Top and Bottom of My Wish List
My reading list is BIG… REAL BIG. And it’s always growing. At times I make the mistake of going out and buying a book as a way of adding it to my list even if I’m not ready at that exact moment to read it. Bad idea. Because by the time I get around toContinue reading “The Top and Bottom of My Wish List”
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