The Rabbit Room

Ooh, I want more updates.  Thank you for sharing.

I can’t tell you how happy I am that you guys made a theater arm!!! You guys just get better and better! <3 

How great! I was so incredibly happy to read these news!
Sometimes I missed theatre among all these other art forms in talkings in the Rabbit Room. But suddenly the rabbit scampers around the corner and jumps straight into the spotlight… Wonderful!

Marmite is delicious, and you’re a food snob, Pete Peterson. 

Rev Counta & The Speedoze – Marmite Sandwiches – YouTube
Here’s all you need too know about Marmite…

So glad you’ve found Robert Macfarlane — one of the best writers working in the English language today, in my humble opinion. I came across him through his Mountains of the Mind and have read everything he’s produced since. Can I also recommend another British writer — the Scottish nature writer Gavin Maxwell. His book Ring of Bright Water is an absolute classic of nature writing and Gavin’s ability to craft a sentence is something else.

“It is exceedingly hard to make good art. With very limited tools…” I’m certain you specifically meant the banjo. Thanks for this excellent combination of words. 

This was an encouragement for me today.

So good. Thank you for the encouragement.

Hi. Thanks for providing links for those who wish to read Episodes 1 and 2. Would it be possible for you also to provide links to those wishing to re-read them? Thanks, and sorry for any extra trouble.

Ron, you are so right about Andy and about virtually everything he does on these releases: “honesty” is the perfect summation. There is something very simple and direct about virtually everything he does, but with even a moment’s pause you realize it isn’t simple at all. The lyrics come alive with a depth that is exceedingly rare, and the usually sparse arrangements yield an astonishing depth when you pay any attention. Andy isn’t – and has never been – a casual listen; he’s got something to say and it’s invariably worth hearing but it needs and rewards a careful listener. His work isn’t simple, it’s something better – it’s elegant. 
So I agree with you (almost) entirely. Anything Andy has done is worth the time for multiple listens and some reflection. But you’re wrong about this – Fault Lines is good, but go give Beyond The Frame a spin or two and then tell me that Grand Canyon isn’t one of the best things you’ll ever hear.

“Grand Canyon” is fantastic, too. There are absolutes in music, but at a certain level there are elements that enter the realm of relativity and preference. I didn’t say, for instance, that Fault Lines was “the best” Andy album (mostly because of the aforementioned relativity of such statements) – but I talked about how it affected me (and still does). That’s where art becomes relative, because quite often an album by a particular artist will “hit” one person really solidly and another person won’t be as affected. I’m a fan of Andy Gullahorn’s music overall – Fault Lines came at a particular time in my life where it was especially meaningful. 

That’s where art gets relative because an album by a single artist may frequently “strike” one person hard while leaving another unaffected. I like Andy Gullahorn’s music in general, but Fault Lines arrived at a period in my life when it was a very significant to me.

I really love this album too.

I wish I knew Thomas – the beauty of it is that will get to someday.  Peace of Christ.

Thomas was an amazing Person!

I’m so sorry. Praying that closing prayer with you all.

Fr. Thomas played an important role in my spiritual journey. I never personally knew him, but I’m thankful that God gave him to us for a while. Memory eternal.

Goodness, Pete, what a powerful remembrance. I’m praying for you and all who loved him. Thank you for sharing your love for him with us.

My heart aches for this deep loss for all who loved him. Praying for peace and comfort and that God will surround you all with His grace in unmistakable and tangible ways. Yearning for heaven when death and loss will be no more.
 

this is so very sad. I was very blessed to attend one of Father McKenzie’s church services while I attended Hutchmoot one year and I loved watching his commentaries on movies and listing to his talks. One of my very first things I listened to on the Hutchmoot talks was one by Father McKenzie! It was on the resurrection and it opened my eyes that we will be as Christ is in the Resurrected body. 
He will be missed, but praise God that this is only for a short reprieve, for we will see him again. 

Thanks so much for posting this now, Pete

Brilliant. Thank you, Pete. “He kept the Keepers and we kept the Earth.”

Lovely. Thank you.

Thank you for this lovely tale. What a joy to read this tribute to a wonderful writer and get a glimpse of some of my favourite characters again. He will be missed, but his voice will still be heard in the legacy of words he left behind. 

Another bread crumb, another link… thank you for sharing.

This is very interesting