What is genre? I have asked and asked this question and someone on another blog said that a story is a piece of art that induces a pattern of types and intensities of emotion -- that are different for different genres: horror, romance, mystery, and so on. And the lightbulb finally went on. I went [...]
Pope Sylvester II
Gerbert of Aurillac became Pope in the year 997 A.D. and died in 1001 A.D. He was the subject of an article in Sky and Telescope* during the millenial year of our Lord, 2000. Gerbert was interesting because he had presided over the previous major year change from 999 to 1000 and in the runup [...]
the evidence of your senses
I have been considering the role of reason and how some people put reason and faith in opposition to each other. Others suggest that they are two parts of something else -- but the parts are coequal. Reason was elevated to the highest level in the French Republic to disastrous effect. But faith as a [...]
Catholic Scientist Posters & Possibilities
I saw some posters about Catholic Scientists being distributed by Word on Fire. They were great and included Abbe Le Maitre, Abbot Gregor Mendel, and a nun, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, who helped write the original Basic language for coding. The posters immediately set me to thinking of who I’d like to see on such [...]
book sample
Chapter Two from Marguerite When Collin first turned up with a lump on his neck that grew and grew, I had flown east to help my widowed sister. The diagnosis of cancer had held up my return to work for several days and my employer had not appreciated this. Within a week I was fired. [...]
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