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Writing about Catholic scientists and ideas that feed my own Catholic fiction

What is the point of Science???

April 1, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Years ago our local public high school had a teacher who regularly told students that it was impossible for Christians to be scientists. Of course, the simplest way to show what nonsense that teacher was spouting was simply to point out all the scientists who had been serious Christians. I thought I would make a [...]

Posted in books, catholic scientists, galileo

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March 28, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

I've read bits and pieces of lots of books over the past month. I'm searching for the ways that other writers have solved problems like Point of View in a story, multiple characters in a scene (something I find terribly difficult), and how to provide necessary information to understand a story without either placing a [...]

Posted in current book progress, vestments, writing lesson

Feast of the Annunciation

March 25, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Paintings from O Sek Bang from an exhibit at the University of Dayton, Marian Library in 2006. I can't find any more about the artist than is listed in the original article. She's just amazing. The Annunciation by O Sek Bang ~1978 The Visitation by O Sek Bang eCommons Citation University of Dayton. Marian Library, [...]

Posted in art in other museums, Korean art

Mitered corners

March 21, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Every mitered corner that I sew takes me about half an hour, first to pin and then to stitch. It's because I'm an amateur. I've actually done the miter in the lower right of the picture by now and hope to finish the gold trim today. Might even sew the front to the back. I [...]

Posted in books, flour, speciality, mills, Uncategorized, vestments, wheat

The Shy Museum Goer writes again

March 18, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

When I was about seven years old I went to the National Gallery of Art with my father. I don't remember why we were alone on this visit but I do remember falling in love with this painting. Flowers in a Rococo Vase by Paul Cezanne. My father bought me a reproduction. (Sadly, vanished somewhere [...]

Posted in cezanne, culture, national gallery of art

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