In defence of the pope
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more. – Roger Waters, 1973 Media expert Marshal McLuhan once wrote that... Read more.
Books I have not read
There are lots of books that I have never read and never will read. The act of not-reading is portrayed as passive, but there is activity in not-reading. For example,... Read more.
The Catechism of Hockey
The Catechism of Hockey by Alyssa Bormes American Chesterton Society Books, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-97444-950-0 “What if Wayne Gretzky’s mother was his first teacher... Read more.
Double standards: the EU, seals, and abortion
Q. What are the sins that cry to heaven for vengeance? A. …defrauding laborers of their wages. – Quebec Catechism, 1871 On 25 November 2013, the World... Read more.
Cutting a Christmas Tree
“Father Christmas throws out with the same gigantic gesture the prig who can only sneer at the Christmas pudding and the snob who can only snarl at the Christmas... Read more.
Making a bread oven
A bread oven is simply a dry hollow pile of mud and straw in which a fire is built. When the fire dies down, the hot mud bakes whatever is put into it, whether bread,... Read more.
Food for thought
The Incarnation was made present to the world through Mary. On Christmas, Mary placed Our Lord in an animal feed trough, where he was seen by the local shepherds.... Read more.
The ghost
“This way,” he said; “mind the steps by the staircase. This house is more crooked and old-fashioned than you would think from its snobbish exterior. There... Read more.
Wood heat
Heating a house with skids has always seemed like a good idea to me, since these are free for the asking at almost every lumber yard or warehouse. Often they are... Read more.