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A Grief Observed – Thoughts
C. S. Lewis married his one and only wife, Joy Gresham, when he was 57 years old. Shortly afterwards, Joy was diagnosed with cancer—just four years later, she passed away. A Grief Observed is a collection of Lewis’s notes from the time of his mourning. As another reviewer mentioned on Goodreads, you don’t pick up… Read more >>
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Thoreau on News, Spiritual Life
Last week I read “Life Without Principle” by Henry David Thoreau on the YouTube channel. It’s a fairly short essay (text here) and, from what I could tell, gives a good overview of his outlook on the world if you haven’t read Walden in entirety yet (*cough* guilty). He has a lot of good thoughts… Read more >>
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‘Lately, I’ve been, I’ve been thinking’
I can’t really call this a What I’m Reading because I’m barely reading these days… just finishing up Palace of the Peacock (Wilson Harris) and then The Secret History (Donna Tartt). I also read the Prologue to When I Whistle (Endo). But I have no posts prepared for these books yet… Over the past couple… Read more >>
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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