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Linkfest 2022-03-04: Peter the Aleut

A great Twitter thread from the author of the Grey Goose Chronicles Substack, on Russian Orthodox missions in Alaska. I thought the story of Saint Peter the Aleut was a bit out of character for the Franciscan missions in California, and sure enough down thread Stone Age Herbalist agrees with

Around the World in Eighty Days Book Review

I don’t think I’ve reviewed anything by Verne at the blog. So let’s look at Around the World in Eighty Days [Amazon link]. I selected this one because of this blog post by DarwinCatholic, Around the World in 80 Days - Thoughts and Adaptations. It was this

Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter

The big news in the publishing world today is Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter for four new novels. The totals just keep going up, but as you can see from my screenshot he is approaching 65k backers and $16.6M. That comes out to an average of $250 per backer, an

Ash Wednesday

Scout Stave

In the introduction to the story “The Quiet Village” by David McDaniel, in Jerry Pournelle’s There Will Be War Volume 1, Jerry mentions that Lord Baden Powell initially created the Scouts as a kind of military auxiliary, training young boys in the basics of woodcraft. While the Scouts have

Hans Holbein: Capturing Character

At First Things magazine, Jane Coombs writes about the art of Hans Holbein. I used Holbein’s portraits of St. Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell to illustrate John J. Reilly’s review of Peter Ackroyd’s The Life of Thomas More because Holbein’s portraits so vividly capture the personalities

The Long View 2008-12-14: The Kairos and Governor Blagojevich

I know these are mug shots, but the crazy eyes on Ira Einhorn should have been a clue. The Kairos and Governor Blagojevich Readers of this space who regularly attend divine services may have noticed that the sullen, resentful people who crouch in the back pews as they cling to