Flower Face
You crafted me from blossom and brushand expected me to sigh and blush,but you forgot so many flowershave such fickle thorns.Beneath the shady forest bowers,by the will of your powers,I took first sweet fragrant breath,and…
Month: June 2022
A Legendary Queen: Part 1 – Chapter Five: Calormen Party
The negotiations with the Calormenes went over fairly well. What they wanted was direct trading with Narnia’s islands, to make sure that their produce was actually getting to other destinations besides the mainland. I remained…
All the Little Midnight Lights
To awaken in the middle of the nightIs to realize that this midnight dreamIs a fairyland of points of lightArcing and soaring like a magic stream The curious visions before your flickering eyesBegin to focus…
A Legendary Queen: Part 1 – Chapter Four: Tashbaan
Sunbend 4, 846 After I turned nineteen, Dad finally took me with him to negotiate trade agreements with Calormen. This was my first time going to observe relations between Narnia and other countries. Dad…
Lydwine of Schiedam: A Saint for our Times
Living in the modern world, it’s easy to base our self-worth on our achievements. Whether because of celebrity culture insinuating that our lives are more worthwhile the more people know about us, consumerism suggesting that…
Wolf Hall and the Myth of the Moral Pragmatist
The BBC/PBS miniseries Wolf Hall is six hours of some of the most absorbing television (or just storytelling generally) I’ve ever seen. I have not yet read the books by Hilary Mantel on which the…
The Story of St. Chad
“Chad” is a popular given name in the US (although not, strangely enough, in his own country in modern times) that has become associated with the Chad vs. Virgin meme, where Chad is depicted as…
My Buddy St. Anthony
Day in day out, it’s always the same I never stop calling this patient saint’s name I lost my keys, I lost my phone, I lost my wallet, even the garden gnome But it…
A Legendary Queen: Part 1 – Chapter Three: Love
I spent the rest of the day wondering about the castle library. I picked out books that dealt with history, economics, statistics, and even poetry. I wanted to get information about the beginning of Narnia,…
The Most Reluctant Convert: Movie Review
(Directed by Norman Stone. Screenplay by Norman Stone, from a stage play by Max McLean. Produced by the Fellowship for the Performing Arts. https://www.cslewismovie.com/home/) C.S. Lewis continues to be one of the 20th century’s best…