“‘But if you failed to ask it, you might miss out on the fact that the pulchritudinous Miss Westmoreland lives there.’ He pronounced it pulchritoooodinous, savoring the word as it came out, treating it like it was a butterscotch lozenge.”
Entirely Reasonable
Which Works on Parakeets
“Her worries fluttered for a moment, the way her parakeet had done once in her hand for a moment. But she just put it back in the cage, and dropped the cloth over the top of it.”
The Content Cluster Muster (06.25.20)
Open Road, Not Open Sky: And some more here. Midweek Message: https://www.facebook.com/ChristKirk/videos/270638040694092/ The True Theme: That’s More Like It: One Understands His Point, Of Course: Back When the Question Should Have Been Addressed: Well, of Course: And Aother Explanation . . .:
The Envious Kind
“A certain kind of beauty flourishes when another kind is diminished.”
The Great Cat Poo Medallion
Rod Dreher has a good piece here on the great looming alternative that now confronts us. Within the biblical framework of a rightly-ordered patriotism, it is easy for Christians to take our native loyalties to our native land as a simple given, while reserving to ourselves the right to disagree with or oppose the decisions …
147: We Are What's Wrong with America
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147: We Are What's Wrong with America
Apply to New Saint Andrews College this Fall: https://nsa.edu/fall2020
With a Ladle on the Large Side
“Lambeth actually knew how to be charming if he had a willing audience. If anybody was watching who knew what actual charm was, the effect was totally other than charming, but whenever someone wanted to be charmed—as Elizabeth most certainly did—he knew how to ladle it out of the pot.”
The Letters Are Light for a Reason
Letter to the Editor: The posting is going to be light this as week, as I am going to be off on vacation. There will be just a handful of things to keep you all from forgetting about me. ...