Venting: The Vice of Our Current Age and Finding an Alternative to Counseling
Most people hold an oddly mechanistic view of our emotions and the biological chemicals at play when we experience them. A new […]
Layaway vs. Afterpay: Thinking about How to Effectively Incentivize Ourselves
When was the last time you heard about someone putting something on layaway? It used to be that stores advertised the option […]
“A Dog Who Follows Gladly”: Children’s Fable and a Fine Introduction to Stoicism
What a happy discovery to find Stoic Simple, the work of Phil Van Treuren. I have written before about my love of […]
A Catholic Take on the Declining Birth Rate
In the realm of doing things that make you uncomfortable, we can add live radio to the list. I had the pleasure […]
The Seeming Impossibility of Motherhood: Letting Go While Still Entwined
Our children are just coming to the age when everything depends on my efforts. They are delicate in health, and nervous and […]
How to Get Divorced
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” YouTube is […]
In Praise of Soft Girl Summer
There’s something irresistibly whimsical about the exhortation to “heal your feminine energy.” That is the invitation of “Soft Girl Summer,” some kind […]
Catherine Price’s “The Power of Fun” and a Formula to Move Toward Eternity
Fun is a spritely thing. Hard to pin down, often out of reach. Children are apt to exclaim with satisfaction, “That was […]
Sarah Orne Jewett’s Mrs. Blackett, a Mother with Admirable Feminine Qualities
Sarah Orne Jewett’s “The Country of the Pointed Firs” is a short, meditative, plotless novella. But it is exquisite in its imagery. […]
Abundance of the Rare and Hard-to-Find
Waiting for birds can be a lengthy process requiring stealth. Small, feathered creatures of great mystery flit just out of sight, their […]