Finished reading: Artificial by Amy Kurzweil 📚

Christmas Presence

In which I explore Winnie-the-Pooh fan fic, judgy looking saints, the Grammys, and make a song recommendation.

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Finished reading: Social Catholicism for the Twenty-First Century? Volume 1 by William F. Murphy 📚

This is a vitally important & timely read for anyone interested in the relationship between the Catholic church & these political times.

Whether or not this is a Christmas Cactus or a False Christmas Cactus, it is living into the whole Gaudéte Sunday thing.

A green cactus-like plant with reddish flowers, some budding, many others in full bloom.

Finished reading: The White Stone by Esther de Waal 📚

I have never forgotten Donald Nicholl, that wise teacher, who had once said to me: 'Go round the house, touch each thing in turn and say, "Not mine - only on loan, not mine - only on loan"? From The White Stone: The Art of Letting Go, by Esther de Waal

Finished reading: Unfolding the Mystery of Christ by Eliot Kapitan 📚

A helpful way to approach the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults.

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Finished reading: On Tyranny (Graphic Edition) by Timothy Snyder 📚

Snyder’s On Tyranny is required reading for everyone. Krug’s graphic treatment of this text is superb. Work both sides of your brain while reflecting on your response to America’s political situation.

‘Tis the season for “Great Pumpkin” concretes. 🤤

Two yellow cups that read "Ted Drewes Frozen Custard Since 1929" with spoons sticking out. A little whipped cream is visible on the top. These are sooooo good.

I want to go to there: Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel, Nesvačilka, South Moravia

This is beautiful.

Wooden beams reaching to the roof of this circular chapel. &10;&10;Rows of chairs positioned in semi-circular formation surrounding a stone altar. &10;&10;Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel in Nesvačilka, South Moravia, by Studio RCNKSK&10;(Image credit: Ondřej Bouška)

Chapel design: Studio RCNKSK Image credit: Ondřej Bouška Via: Dense Discovery Issue 315

Finished reading: On Becoming Exceptional by Mary Jean Ryan 📚