A
week about profound things.
For
the past year, photographer Elliot Ross has been photographing the life of
Colorado wheat farmer Jim Mertens. His photographs, and Mertens’ life, tell a
profound story. An equally profound story is the poem by Maureen Doallas, an
elegy for the photographer Leila Alaoui killed by the terrorists who attacked
the hotel in Burkino Faso.
A
mom cares for terminally ill babies. Fear and remembering as a gift. A son’s
eulogy for his mother. Good things. Profound things. It makes one grateful to
be alive.
Faith
Forty-Three
Years After Roe, Hope is Alive – Robert George at First Things.
My Eulogy for My
Mother
– Milton Brasher-Cunningham at Don’t Eat Alone.
The Gift of Fear
and Remembering
– Mick Silva.
Eight Lessons
Christians Learn from Facing Trials of Many Kinds – Elizabeth
Moyer at Faith, Work & Economics.
Art and Photography
The Textures of
Winter
– Tim Good at Arts by Tiwago.
The Reckoning
Days – The Life of a Colorado Wheat Farmer – photo essay by Elliot Ross.
Jack Baumgartner
and the School of the Transfer of Energy – Elizabeth Duffy at Image Journal.
Poetry
Robert Wagner – D.S. Martin
at Kingdom Poets.
“Elegy:
#leilaalaoui”
– Maureen Doallas at Rattle Magazine.
Thirteen Ways of
Looking at a Panic Attack – Megan Willome.
If I had
no voice – Troy Cady at T(r)oy Marbles.
Writing
Are There Too
Many Writing “Experts”? – Mike Duran at Novel Rocket.
The 100 Best Web
Sites for Writers in 2016 – The Write Life.
In Praise of
Avocational Writers
– Alton Gansky at Novel Rocket.
7 Ways to Get
Inspired
– Mary Harwell Sayler at The Word Center.
Life and Culture
“The Big Fat
Surprise”: How Science is Corrupted by Government Money and Government Process – Francis
Menton at Manhattan Contrarian.
The Sky is Red – Rod Dreher at
American Conservative.
British Stuff
Eltham Palace:
Uncovering the Map Room – English Heritage.
Kitty in Boots:
Who is the New Beatrix Potter Character? – BBC Radio 4 (video) (Hat Tip: Janet
Young).
Shine on Us – Josh Wilson with a little
help from his friends
(And if you look closely, you’ll see Brandon Heath, Andrew Peterson, Steven Curtis Chapman, and a few other familiar faces.)
Painting: Clause Monet reading a newspaper, oil on canvas by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1872); private collection.
Thank you for the generous words, Glynn, and including me in your wrapup. I was very taken by Alaoui's "The Morocccans", a gorgeous portfolio of work by a young, truly great photographer.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including my article, Glynn. God bless.
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