Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It appears he has given again a few suggestions to Ann Althouse. See "But keep going, Ann. Debunk them all. With facts, not spin." I love this comment "Andrew Sullivan is employed to write for The Atlantic, a publication which was founded by and once published such writers as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and James...
Allie's Musings (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." ~Harriet Beecher Stowe I'm thrilled to share the news that fellow Samhain author, Rebecca James , has hit it big in the publishing world, in her home country of Australia. Rebecca released her debut book, Nightswimming , with Samhain Publishing back in 2007. Now she's being called "the next Stephenie Meyer"...
Veg Plotting (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
...Quirky My blog is often described as quirky and I take that as a real compliment: it's probably the best way I'd like you to think about Veg Plotting . But what does quirky actually mean? The Free Dictionary defines quirk (pronounced kwurk ) as: A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man has his own quirks and twists" ( Harriet Beecher Stowe ). An unpredictable or unaccountable...
Disability Studies, Temple U. (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
New materials just cataloged at the Connecticut Historical Society Library include a journal from a mother/daughter trip to "take the cure" in Vermont:In 1845 Sarah Coit Day and her daughter Catherine traveled to the Brattleboro (Vermont) Water-Cure for treatment. Day kept a journal (Ms. 47047), writing about taking tepid baths, walking, the view of the Connecticut River, and other people...
Reading the Past (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Sheramy Bundrick, author of Sunflowers (Avon A, October) and proprietor of the blog Van Gogh's Chair , is stopping by today as part of her blog tour. I'll be posting a review of her debut historical novel tomorrow. Visit her website at http://www.sheramybundrick.com/ . Welcome, Sheramy! Van Gogh, Reader of Novels By Sheramy Bundrick Most people know Vincent van Gogh as a prolific artist — over...
Daylight Atheism (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
If you've got an ugly or uncomfortable historical record that you'd like to have whitewashed, then Christian fundamentalists are the ideologues for you. Here's their latest bit of doggerel: Christians deserve the credit for abolishing African slavery! Slavery is one of the best examples — far from being a Western Christian invention, it was ubiquitous, and [...]
Times of India (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
A recent conversation in Pittsburgh, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was attending the G20 summit last month, turned to when was the last time an Indian PM went to a city in the United States other than New York and Washington.
Semicolon (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Lyrics: John Newton Music: Unknown Theme: But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
"I do not know much about gods," begins "The Dry Salvages" in T S Eliot's Four Quartets, "but I think that the river is a strong brown god – sullen, untamed and intractable." Eliot grew up in St Louis, where the Missouri meets the Mississippi to become the strong – and often mischievous or angry – brown god that has rolled through American literature...
The Burton Review (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Harriet and Isabella: A Novel by Patricia O'Brien Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Touchstone; Reprint edition (January 13, 2009) Originally published January 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0743277778 Review copy from Touchstone via Historical-fiction.com The Burton Review Rating: Synopsis: "It is 1887, and Henry Ward Beecher lies dying. Reporters from around the world, eager for one last story about the most...
The Burton Review (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
As opposed to celebrating Cristóbal Colón this Columbus Day, who really stole all he could see in 1493, let's celebrate the birthday of Lyman Beecher who was born on October 12, 1775 in Connecticut. 1775 was a banner year for America, when Americans began their fight for independence from Great Britain, thus becoming the United States of America. Lyman Beecher was born . He was an intelligent...
The Burton Review (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Happy Sunday to everyone! I just completed Elizabeth's Women by Tracy Borman which is a non-fiction account of the women in Elizabeth's life. I enjoyed it, stay tuned for my review in a day or two. As an added feature, you will get a look at my thoughts as I read the book concurrently with Heather at The Maiden's Court , so you will be privy to both of our reactions at the same time. I am now going...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The conservative Republican columnist calls for a paradigm shift in Black America (hat tip: Black & Right ): "Bigger Thomas' body count continues to grow; 16-year-old Derrion Albert is just his latest, and perhaps most tragic victim. Bigger Thomas is the fictional anti-hero of Richard Wright's classic novel Native Son . Bigger bullies members of his gang, murders a white socialite and his...
Happy Catholic (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Lacy Dodd, a 33-year-old banking professional and mother of one, knows precisely where supporters and opponents of legal abortion can find common ground. It's on nearly four acres donated by the Benedictine monks of Belmont Abbey in Belmont, N.C., where Room at the Inn, a Charlotte-based pregnancy resource center, hopes to build the nation's first campus-based maternity and after-care residence for...
Nashville for the 21st Century (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Via Jerry Maynard: On October 15, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., Elizabeth Davidson will perform her one woman play, "Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Literary Soldier." This is a extraordinary play that delves into the American Experience of race relations and human dignity in a multi-cultural, multi-racial community,both past and present. Following the play, Tennessee State Representative Brenda Gilmore will...
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