A Man for All Seasons “Sir Thomas More is more important at this moment than at any moment since his death, but he is not quite so important as he will be in a hundred years time.” G.K. Chesterton 1919 … Continue reading A Man for All Seasons
The sun sets due West today, and the temperature has dipped a little in convenient recognition of my post-summer hunger for long sleeves, colorful socks, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and hot spiced apple cider. I’m going to buy a bright … Continue reading Where all the leaves are gold…
Welcome to my third post sharing thoughts about G.K. Cheston’s epic poem Ballad of the White Horse. “The King went gathering Wessex men, As wheat out of the husk; Eldred, the Franklin by the sea, And Mark, the man from … Continue reading And Yet They Choose to Fight
This is my second post about G.K. Cheston’s epic poem Ballad of the White Horse. G.K. Chesterton organized his epic by chapters, or books as they are called. After the lovely Dedication to his wife Frances, he plunges us into … Continue reading A Horse, a War and a Vision
As I mentioned in an earlier post, The Daughter and I are reading Gilbert Keith Chesterton’s epic poem, The Ballad of the White Horse as part of our Year 7 studies. And as I mentioned in another earlier post, I … Continue reading Ballad of the White Horse
January started off interesting because The Daughter and I started “back to class” on Monday the 6th, but the #1 Son was still on vacation from GMU through the beginning of our second week. He would sleep late, and then … Continue reading January looked like this…
Rabbit Trails 