Excelsior! The Marriage Edition
I did not write much in 2025, but I finished out the year with a bang: Making fun of divorced people. Irresistible. […]
Elizabeth Goudge’s “The Little White Horse” Revisited: I Was Wrong
Having reread “The Little White Horse,” I can say with confidence that I was a nincompoop for not appreciating it more the […]
Gordon Neufeld’s “Hold On to Your Kids”: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
One of the most remarkable aspects of childrearing is how miserable it can make people. No one chooses to have children with […]
What is Marriage For?
Emily Stimpson Chapman’s podcast offered an explanation as to why people claim to like Harrison Scott Key’s “How to Stay Married.” When […]
Harrison Scott Key Tells Us “How to Stay Married”….and Miserable
I naively asked, “Must marriage be difficult?” I had blessedly forgotten that one author had already spilled pages of ink in the […]
Must Marriage Be “Difficult”?
Do we create our own reality? Certainly not. There is abundant evidence that Things Are the Way They Are. We cannot wish […]
Lauren Southern’s Divorce Does Not Mean Traditional Marriage is Dangerous for Women
Lauren Southern is making the rounds on the blog and podcast circuit discussing her divorce. Her story is being held up by […]
Homeschool Advice Gleaned from the More Experienced
The best part of giving advice is seeing the ways people surpass it. I’m giving homeschool advice monthly over at the Stella […]
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 […]