Category Archives: Books and Poetry

Pickles!

Posted on January 1, 2018 by katyabru

At a friend’s house this afternoon, I discovered a Pickling book. It is called The Joy of Pickling, and it is stately and plump and a dog has chewed off one corner. I fell for it. Pickles are a source … Continue reading →

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A Dorothy Sayers Quoting Spree

Posted on October 20, 2013 by katyabru

Otherwise known as the quotes associated with the post above. Dorothy Sayers, the great: “The only Christian work is good work, well done.” (Creed or Chaos) “I expect you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference … Continue reading →

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A few reasons it’s fun to be in Santa Fe

Posted on May 27, 2013 by katyabru

(Not an exhaustive account!) Books that have come up in conversation in the last 28 hours: St Gregory of Nyssa, Jane Austen, Dorothy Sayers, Dickens, Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Euclid, Descartes, The Wind in the Willows, Lucretius, Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood, Phantastes, The Light … Continue reading →

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Poetry, Theology, and the Imagination

Posted on February 24, 2013 by katyabru

I have spent the weekend at a conference with two names and 4 subtitles. Full title: The Climacus Conference 2013 The Poetics of Existence; the verse performs its secret ministry Poetry; Poetic Knowledge and the Imagination; Poetry and Theology. What … Continue reading →

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I had all these grand plans to write about a month ago…. I was going to write about my inadvertent, late night discovery of If Christ Came to Chicago! (It’s a book, and yes, that’s the title – exclamation mark … Continue reading →

Posted on September 15, 2012 by katyabru | Leave a comment

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Posted on April 29, 2012 by katyabru

As Kingfishers Catch Fire As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name; Each mortal … Continue reading →

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Ozymandias

Posted on March 7, 2012 by katyabru

This is not really relevant to anything. It captivated me as a kid before I had any clear idea of what it was about. Recently it has come back to me, with luster undimmed by some appreciation of it’s irony. … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis meets J.R.R. Tolkien

Posted on February 17, 2012 by katyabru

1926 “On May 11th Lewis walked toward Merton College … to attend a meeting of the English faculty of the university. Standing around before the meeting, he met ‘a smooth, pale, fluent little chap,’ as he would write in his … Continue reading →

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I guess this is on Chesterton?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by katyabru

Because C.S. Lewis’s Surprised by Joy seems to be my favorite book these days, I have spent the afternoon looking up a selection from the plethora of authors mentioned there. It turns out that reviews of Chesterton, Herbert, Bergson, and Bede … Continue reading →

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Words, glorious words

Posted on December 22, 2011 by katyabru

Sorry nothing happened there for awhile. School somehow took all my words and left me with absolutely nothing to say. So, while I’m recouperating, I bring you…  Somebody Else’s Words! George Foster Wallace’s, in particular; source of the best game … Continue reading →

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