Tolkien Essentials
This is the very essence of language, and this is the very thing that our newest and most fashionable philosophy, Deconstructionism, denies: that the words, or the text, mean something Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Books
2025 Retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey
The celestial traitress play,And all mankind to bliss betray;With sacrosanct cajoleries,And starry treachery of your eyes,Tempt us back to Paradise. — Francis Thompson A beautiful weekend at St. Joseph’s Abbey Continue Reading →
Weekend 655.0 (Lieutenant of the Tower)
“No choice was left them but to play their part to its end.” “The two vast iron doors of the Black Gate under its frowning arch were fast closed. Upon Continue Reading →
National Lighthouse Day
A quote from Bermuda’s Story by Terry Tucker: “For a long time it had been very plain that there would continue to be many shipwrecks around our coasts unless a Continue Reading →
Weekend 646.0 (‘Perdition cometh!’)
“For all its convenience, it [The London Orbital] is a route to nowhere, a road which simply connects to other roads.” “Looking back at the line’s history as I write, Continue Reading →
Has it been a good one?
“It is foolishness to assume that times past were better than the present.” A post full of melancholy to match the gray and rain. (1) Lyrics from The Lumineers: The Continue Reading →
The s(pace) between football matches: post sabbatical ruminations
This rootedness of reality in the concrete presence of the past is one of the things which makes history so important. We need to know where we’ve been in order Continue Reading →
Weekend 617.0 (And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes)
A rainy summer Sunday in New England is a nice break from the heat and humidity. I’m playing catch-up this weekend (see below) so few updates. Watched Suzume on the Continue Reading →
Weekend 609.1 (Nemo me impune lacessit)
“Limestone Roof is like the Arts & Culture section of the Wall Street Journal.” — Lionel Trilling Football, Bermuda, Naruto, Playmobil, and the British. It’s amazing HOW all my favorites Continue Reading →
Weekend 608.0 (…in this house of make believe)
(1) “Age of Revolutions”: An Exercise in Reading History Backward (Imaginative Conversative) Perhaps one of the best merits of the book is that it admits that liberalism is in grave Continue Reading →