Years ago, 1989
in fact, I gave a speech at Amana Colonies, Iowa. I remember flying into Cedar
Rapids and then driving to Amana. I knew two things about the town that is
actually a collection of villages: that’s where the Amana freezer came from,
and it had been founded as a type of Utopian community. Ellie Gordon-Moershel
at Atlas Obscura has a story about her mother, who grew up there.
Tomorrow, a band
of warriors will begin to march from York in northern England to Hastings in
Southern England, to reenact the battle against the Normans in 1066. The actual
reenactment will happen the weekend of Oct. 15-16. (One thing I’ve learned
about the British – they love anniversaries.)
The British
Library has launched a new web site on the Greek manuscripts in its collection,
where you can find illuminated gospels, articles on medicine, Byzantine
manuscripts, and Greek Old Testament documents.
Erik Raymond at
The Gospel Coalition encounters a seeker who walked away from a seeker church,
for the very reasons the seeker church existed. Rachelle Peterson at First Things reflects on the value of
old books. Rebecca Solnit has 10 tips on how to be a writer. They’re not as
well-known as those of World War I, but World War II had its war poets, and
Keith Douglas was one of them. And the video today is the last two minutes of
the last Howdy Doody Show, which an entire generation of children (including
me) grew up with.
Art and Photography
Scott Joplin House, Revisited – Chris Naffziger at St. Louis Patina.
Obed Edom, Hand-Colored Linocut – Jack Baumgartner at The School of the
Transfer of Energy.
Writing
How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips from Rebecca
Solnit – Literary Hub.
Art and Photography
The Deal of the Arts – Ed Koehler.
Poetry
Between synapses – Barbara Mackenzie at Signed…BKM.
A Late Style of Fire: Poet Larry Levis – Maureen Doallas at Writing Without
Paper.
Keith Douglas: A War Poet Remembered but
Not Simplified – Stephen
Isenberg at Los Angeles Review of Books.
My father cannot stop – Lavinia Greenlaw via The Guardian.
Faith
They Unchurched the Church – Erik Raymond at The Gospel Coalition.
My Mom Grew Up in a Utopian Colony in
Iowa – Ellie
Gordon-Moershel at Atlas Obscura.
85 Years Ago Today: J.R.R. Tolkien
Convinces C.S. Lewis That Christ Is the True Myth – Justin Taylor at The Gospel Coalition.
Talking to God:
Clocks – Jake Lee at Very Much Later.
Life and Culture
On Reading Old Books – Rachelle Peterson at First Things Magazine.
British Stuff
March into 1066 – English Heritage.
Greek Manuscripts – British Library.
Not just daffodils – Wordsworth Country
makes a comeback for literary tourism
– Vanessa Thorpe at The Guardian.
The Last Two Minutes of the Last Howdy
Doody Show
Painting: Woman Reading a Book in a Garden by Harold Harvey (about 1900).
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