I tried to build an edible hedge when we lived in Williamsburg, Virginia, without success. I'm now reading about traditional English hedges, and would love to build one. Traditional English hedges around cottage gardens had a dual purpose--to keep … [Continue reading]
Garden news–Queen Anne’s Lace
One of the wonderful things about my garden is how suddenly things happen. I haven't walked in my paddock for a few days, and when I go there now, it is a riot of Queen Anne's Lace. Very beautiful! “To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a … [Continue reading]
Childhood Christian Reading
I read, rapidly, undiscriminatingly, anything, everything, religious or secular. An extended family of nuns and priests assured us a plentiful supply of moral and religious books, in addition to what our parents bought us, hoping, with the haphazard … [Continue reading]
Christian Fiction and Shadowmancer
Christian Literature, writing which compromises neither its literary quality nor itsmessage of comfort and edification is a rarity--a holy grail for thoseof us who are both Christians and writers.Lewis created it, and Tolkein, and Bunyan.I read … [Continue reading]
“Free” writing
"For freedom Christ has set us free."And that is the way to write--rapidly, without too much of worry, looking over one's shoulder, worrying what people think, or trying too hard for perfection, which is not perfectly attainable on this earth.And … [Continue reading]
Christian Fiction and “Shadowmancer” by G. P. Taylor
Christian Literature, writing which compromises neither its literary quality nor its ability to point us Christwards—is a holy grail for those of us who are both Christians and writers. Lewis created it, and Tolkein, and Bunyan. I read … [Continue reading]
Writing Poetry
Zoe asked me where I had got the title of my first book, "Wandering between Two Worlds" from. I told her it from from a Matthew Arnold poem, "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse" which I had read when I was 16. I recited bits of it to her"Wandering … [Continue reading]
“Anima Naturaliter Christiana”: A Naturally Christian Soul
"Anima naturaliter Christiana" A naturally Christian soul. A phrase used to describe Virgil. You sometimes meet these sort of decent, wonderful people--of every race, culture, religious persuasion--or lack of any faith at all. And all you can … [Continue reading]
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