Desert Island Books for Grown-Ups

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Recently, after I gave Dorothy Sayers a Facebook handshake on Hug-an-Author Day because she’s too intimidating to hug, my friend Lynne wrote: “I’d have to hug Dorothy Sayers (despite the fact that she intimidates me) because of Gaudy Night, one of my...

Lovely Rest

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I had no idea I was this tired. On Wednesday, I left Seattle at noon and flew to San Antonio, where I met up with the neuroscientist and would-be comedian John Medina for a hilarious and enlightening two-hour ride out to Laity Lodge, deep in the heart of Texas. We got...

To Spread the Wing and Soar

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Courage for the crisis comes from the commonplace.” —Di Murphy Like clogs upon the pinions of thy plan We hang—like captives on thy chariot-wheels, Who should climb up and ride with Death’s conqueror; Therefore thy train along the worlds’ highway...

A Holiday by the Sea

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Jesus said, “Love one another as I have loved you.” –John 15:12 If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you had asked almost any of the great Christians of...

Plus de Bons Mots

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Since it’s the last Friday of August, I’m linking to some of my favorite posts from this month, just to spread the blog love a bit, a gift of words from these writers to me—and now to you. Liz over at Living Books Library makes a case for keeping books—and...