Thursday, May 31, 2007

A bit of Scottish romance - and madness

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I’m a mutt. Scottish, Irish and Dutch/German – with Scottish probably dominating (my mother was born in Scotland, but may have had some Iris...

What's Wrong With Jeff Culbreath?

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Blogger and back-to-the-lander Jeff Culbreath's recent post, What's Wrong With G.K. Chesterton , caught my attention. "Gout...
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Dorothy Sayers Meeting

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An acquaintance from my Gilbert Magazine days sends this along: For those who can't get to St. Paul for the Chesterton convention, the ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Few and Irregular

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Have been my posts lately, but my time should be a bit more free now. It looks like some great things going on here. I just ran into a very ...

Cheese Poetry

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A new poem on the subject of cheese has been posted at The Simple American . --

I Think Waugh Qualifies as a GKC Friend

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WSJ reviews a Waugh’s book about the House of Waugh . Pretty good stuff. Great paragraph: The Australian émigré critic Clive James recentl...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Happy Birthday #133

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Surprise... Joe, here. I haven't posted for nearly a year, and I don't know what the (much more) regular writers of this blog might...
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Monday, May 28, 2007

Others on Chesterton - Borges

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As I have suggested before - and hinted many times since - the Argentine master, Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), is worth noting. Among man...
Saturday, May 26, 2007

A-Mowing I Will Go

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“Next morning, before it was yet broad day, I awoke, and thought of the mowing.” Hilaire Belloc “The Mowing of a Field” My wife worries abou...
Friday, May 25, 2007

MEMORIAL DAY WINDOW SHOPPING

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There was a time I thought the shelling would never end. Jackson, the last of my squad, never did hear it stop. He is now a smear of slight...
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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Others on Chesterton - Costain

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After the fashion of Eric's occasional quick hits, wherein he posts something someone famous has said about Chesterton or matters relate...
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Mea culpa

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End of year student projects, daughter home from college, father's birthday ... excuses, excuses. I will write over the weekend, and not...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

street fight

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I have find myself in an interesting newspaper debate with a lady,one of our local columnists, Tammy Obeidallah, who normally writes about h...
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Belloc Anthology

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I can't remember if we've mentioned this before, so I'm mentioning it now: New anthology of previously out-of-print short storie...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Holiday

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I'm afraid I forgot to post yesterday because it was, in Canada, the "free" Monday of the long weekend marking Victoria Day, t...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Chesterton on Sirius

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Email from Dawn Eden to Dale Ahlquist who forwarded it to me: I’m happy to report that going to be on Gus Lloyd’s “Seize the Day” show this...

A Rare Gem.......

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rQzsqrkbrU The Passion of Joan of Arc, in its entirety. A Classic still considered to be the finest Joan sto...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Im Baa-aaaaack!

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Sorry to have such a hiatus, went through a period of sequential catastrophies that took away all of my time. I should be back blogging and ...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Saints - official and otherwise

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I have been reading My Life with the Saints by Father James Martin. It was recommended by a friend, but I know it’s gotten a lot of buzz as...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

New Gilbert is Here!

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Volume 10, Number 5, arrived a few days ago. I've been so dang busy (sorry for punting on Tuesday), I've barely read it, but I'v...