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100 Days of Dante Done
This weekend I finished one book twice. A few months ago I committed to reading Dante’s Divine Comedy along with others in a “program” sponsored by the Baylor Honors College. Three cantos a week, so about 12 a month. Good … Continue reading
Today in (Middle Earth) History
I’ll just leave these two clips from The Return of the King here to mark the events of the day in Middle Earth History . . .
Airplane Reading
My airplane reading for this trip was G. K. Chesterton’s Napoleon of Notting Hill. The book’s been on may shelf for a couple of years. I was looking for something on the shorter side, and I wanted it to either … Continue reading
Snoqualmie
The third phase of my spring break travel came to a close yesterday. The final stop was Snoqualmie Pass, a ski resort area east of Seattle. We drove up Sunday afternoon. The drive was snowy and wet, which made for … Continue reading
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Bellingham
The second phase of my spring break journey came to a close Sunday. Bellingham was the heart of the trip, as it included a wedding. The drive from Anacortes to Bellingham was quick. I even took Highway 11 instead of … Continue reading
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Rings in the New Age
It’s been some time since Amazon first announced their plans to adapt the stories by Tolkien that preceded the age of hobbits and the One Ring. This past Sunday, they finally released a teaser trailer for the September-premiering The Rings … Continue reading
A Tale of Time
I’m about 30 pages into Chuck Klosterman’s The Nineties. Klosterman is one of my favorite non-fiction writers, especially when it comes to American pop culture. The book looks to be a 300-page dissection of what it was like to live … Continue reading
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Halfway Through
About fifty days ago, I started a journey that I had thought about for some time but ever gotten around to: I started reading Dante’s Divine Comedy. I did it because one of my favorite newsletter-writers, Matthew Lee Anderson, promoted … Continue reading
Time’s Fullness
One of the best essays that I read this year was this one by Paul Kingsnorth. It stands well on its own, even as it also serves as a necessary coda to his most recent (and wonderfully written) book, Savage … Continue reading
Twenty Years of Fellowship
Turns out that it’s been 20 years since the premiere of Peter Jackson’s take on The Fellowship of the Ring. Truly difficult to believe that much time has passed. So I’ll just leave this right here:
Space Enough, and Time 