Borrowing their blessings
May 19th, 2012 | Books, Orthodox perspective, Slider | Grace | 1 CommentI remember a time when I was the little dog eating the crumbs that fell from the children’s table.
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Posts from the ‘Books and Tea’ Category
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Drawing little altar boys
May 7th, 2012 | Books, Just a slice of heaven, Slider, The whole Art thing | Grace | 3 CommentsSorry I haven’t been doing much here lately. I’ve been unusually busy for once, putting in long hours that didn’t allow for much blogging. Any time in the past few weeks that Greg has called and asked what I’m doing, I’ve answered “What else? Drawing altar boys.” That sounds pretty weird, and it’s even weirder to […]
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Reading Enchanted Elizabeth with scones
February 26th, 2012 | Books, Books and Tea, Homemade solutions, Just a slice of heaven, Things concerning tea | Grace | 2 CommentsWhen I found an excuse for homemade scones with jam and tea, there was no other choice for reading material than “Enchanted April“s Elizabeth von Arnim.
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e-read Orthodox classics for 99-cents!
May 1st, 2011 | Books | Grace | No CommentsJust happened to see this on Amazon. This is an amazing deal! “My Life in Christ” is an unparalleled gem for any Orthodox reader, and it has been hard to get the unabridged hardback version for under $50, since it’s out of print. (More from me on this incredible book and what’s it meant to […]
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I want to have tea with Sir Hugh! Right now!!
April 26th, 2011 | Things concerning tea | Grace | 3 CommentsApparently, Greg thought I was in danger of actually getting something done today, because he sent me a link to a blogpost guaranteed to make me waste time. It’s from FX Cuisine, the globe-trotting adventures of a Swiss cheese-lover named Francois. I was okay with it when he was just going on about handcrafted cheeses […]
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Racing in the Rain, mute angels and loneliness
June 26th, 2010 | Books, Orthodox perspective | Grace | 5 CommentsJust finished reading The Art of Racing in the Rain yesterday morning, just in time for Clementine to disprove the author’s contention that dogs are clear-thinking, non-judgmental and sympathetic.
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“Annotated Wind in the Willows” — A Sour Note on a Charming Classic
January 23rd, 2010 | Books | Grace | 6 CommentsFinding out that there was an annotated “Wind in the Willows,” I just had to put it on my Christmas wish list. I had been assuming that even though other annotated classics have turned out to be disappointments, there was no way anyone could ruin “Wind in the Willows.” Right? Wrong. But the book did […]
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The Boundless Garden: Yes, you can buy it!
June 20th, 2009 | Books | Grace | 1 CommentI’m very late catching up on some old business that came my way before the trip. The one I really want to get to is a mistake I made back HERE when I was reviewing “The Boundless Garden” by Alexandros Papadiamandis (known as “The Greek Dostoyevsky.”) I said then that the book was out of […]
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The Greek Dostoyevsky
March 11th, 2009 | Books | Grace | 8 CommentsWhen I opined back here that I had been a little disappointed with “The Brothers Karamazov,” Father Luke Hartung commented that I might prefer the writings of Alexandros Papadiamandis, who has been called “The Greek Dostoyevsky.” Father Luke also volunteered to send me a collection of Papadiamandis’ short stories called “The Boundless Garden” if I […]
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Three books
December 13th, 2008 | Books | Grace | 6 CommentsI’ve had three books sitting on my desk for days, waiting patiently till I had time to do a quick review. They are: “The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann 1973–1983″*, “The Brothers Karamazov”** and a totally absurdist romp called “The Areas of My Expertise”*** by John Hodgman. The private thoughts and worries of an Orthodox […]
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