The Rabbit Room

Since January 1st I’ve read All the Light We Cannot See (by Anthony Doerr), and I found the writing so unforced and poignant and gorgeous that it made me welcome similes again in my own writing. Afterwards I wanted more of the same style of prose, so I read Four Seasons in Rome by the same author as well. It was different, but immensely en…[Read more]

Thanks Carrie!  You’re the best!  I wonder why my @carrieg didn’t highlight as a link?

I hope you enjoy the Austin series as much as I did.  @carrieg , you were the one who encouraged me to read the L’Engle books.  If @sarie has not read the Time Quintet yet, I’m pretty sure she can get through the Austin series without random characters popping up from the Murry family, right?

I hope you enjoy the Austin series as much as I did.  @carrieg, you were the one who encouraged me to read the L’Engle books.  If @sarie has not read the Time Quintet yet, I’m pretty sure she can get through the Austin series without random characters popping up from the Murry family, right?

In response to @jannabarber re: “those who don’t agree” and to @carrieg re: the McDonaldization (particularly in Charlotte) and to the rest of us, here’s what I’m thinking…

Perhaps we’d all do well to acknowledge that the ideas presented in Slow Church (or in any book, for that matter), are excellent fodder for conversation and for personal…[Read more]

@lanier Hey, there are way worse, and less delicious, things. After all, “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”<span style=”color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;”><span style=”font-size: 14px;”> as our dear </span></span>C.S. Lewis remarked.
Also, I have cherished and held near every…[Read more]