“We are not simply the users of creation; we are, all of us, called to be its offerers.” – Robert Capon This is the essence of Robert Farrar Capon’s book, The Supper of the Lamb. Part cooking, part philosophy, part theology, it is a book like none other. It is a serendipitous fusion of poetry, […]
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I first read an excerpt from Blueberry Summers nearly twenty years ago in an edition of Victoria Magazine. In this beautiful, old edition – yes I still have it – I read an excerpt from Curtiss Anderson’s book, Blueberry Summers, Growing Up at the Lake. It was on my to-read list ever since. A few summers
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The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; til he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an
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During these shutdown days, there’s a book I’ve been thinking about. A book about a man trapped in his own life. A Gentleman in Moscow is a historical fiction novel by Amore Towles, and it captivated me the first time I read it. It’s the story of a man who seems to have no place in
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