Mystics and Misfits

That time my book went out of print

And other writerly indignities

Sep 10 • 

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August 2025

How to Build Resiliency

Wet boots, Canoes, Portages, and Learning to Carry Heavy Things

Aug 8 • 

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June 2025

Musings on hobbies gone wrong

And what you learn by rethreading the needle and untangling knots

Jun 13 • 

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Fiction Friday

Why it’s ok to be a slow writer

Jun 6 • 

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May 2025

Mystic Mondays #2

How is a Hildegard like a Tolkien?

May 27 • 

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Mystic Mondays #1

How is a Hildegard like a Mandalorian?

May 19 • 

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Monday verses

Reading poetry together: Maggie Smith, Su Tung p’o, and Michael Ondaatje

May 12 • 

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There’s no such thing as a poet’s eye

Maggie Smith, Psalm 139 and 5calls

May 8 • 

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April 2025

Flame and Vision

Encountering God in fear, retreat, and the cleft of the rock

Apr 3 • 

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March 2025

The Very Soul is Symphonic

Hildegard of Bingen and the Theology of Music

Mar 11 • 

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December 2024

End of the year recommendations

Advent and birthday questions, best books, best music, and a few more beautiful things

Dec 17, 2024 • 

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Grumpiness during Advent

Christina Rossetti, A Victorian treatment of death, Advent Books, and a Spotify playlist

Dec 2, 2024 • 

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