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WBH Digest 2025-04-25: The Campaign Continues

WBH Digest 2025-04-25: The Campaign Continues

Welcome back friends to the With Both Hands Digest! I logged off of Twitter/X for Lent and that ended up turning into a sabbatical from WBH as well. I spent my time engaging in spiritual disciplines, thinking different thoughts and doing different things from my normal routine, and I

WBH Digest 2025-02-14: Saint Valentine's Day

WBH Digest 2025-02-14: Saint Valentine's Day

I have an essay on how to win at D&D, Kickstarters for your consideration, the Based Book Sale, along with some literary thoughts. Captain_Hook's Brolog: Wargames are not 'Playing Toy Soldiers' An excellent reflection on how good games make a tradeoff between simulation

WBH Digest 2025-01-17: Agony and Ecstasy

WBH Digest 2025-01-17: Agony and Ecstasy

Unfolding the World – Agony and Ecstasy I've said in the past that great men are often ridden by their obsessions. Based on this story from J. Daniel Sawyer, pain can also serve as a spur to accomplishment. The old humility was a spur that prevented a man from

WBH Digest 2025-01-03: Welcome to the Party Pal

WBH Digest 2025-01-03: Welcome to the Party Pal

Welcome to 2025! When I started my commentary on Northrop Frye's The Anatomy of Criticism, I thought to myself that I could write about it for a year at least. That has absolutely come true, with the first post coming just over a year ago now, and I&

Frieren and Dungeon Meshi: Beyond Romance's End

Frieren and Dungeon Meshi: Beyond Romance's End

The society emerging at the conclusion of comedy represents, by contrast, a kind of moral norm, or pragmatically free society. Its ideals are seldom defined or formulated: definition and formulation belong to the humors, who want predictable activity. We are simply given to understand that the newly-married couple will live

SGT. Thor the Damned Review

SGT. Thor the Damned Review

Why is this so good? I finished reading this on a plane and I immediately wanted to go back and buy the two earlier volumes, but I couldn't without ponying up for airline internet access. But it was so much fun to read this that I seriously considered

John the Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman

John the Balladeer by Manly Wade Wellman

A With Both Hands Mini-review Silver John, or John the Balladeer, is Manly Wade Wellman's Southern folk hero. John tramps the ridges and hollows of Appalachia, bringing song and the Gospel wherever he goes. John is a poor and humble man. He places his trust in the Lord,