A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… With Kitchener in the Soudan (G. A. Henty) – Henty wrote historical fiction for an…
Month: June 2021
Consider the Source
When I was a kid, my dad had this corner bookshelf on which he kept a variety of items. There were some classic novels – several Dickens, and a few others I think; a few different dictionaries and other reference books like Strong’s Concordance and a thesaurus or two; notable pieces of his rock collection:…
Odder Than You Could Have Believed
One of the books I’m reading this year is a daily devotional comprised of selections from the works of C. S. Lewis. It’s likely never going to be my favorite of his works – there’s a thing called context that adds significant meaning and emphasis, and much of it is missing in a book such…
Wise in Your Own Eyes
There’s nothing quite like Proverbs for pithy words to live by. Short, not usually sweet but very to the point, and although even children can understand them on some level, there’s always something deeper to mull over. It’s been my habit as part of my daily Bible reading, off and on for as long as…
Pinching Fruit
It’s about this time of year that fruit tree growers have a habit of truly mystifying the casual observer. After obsessing over the temperatures, and the timing of frost compared to bloom, and the merits of cover versus no cover, and what risks post-pollination frost poses to the harvest, it would seem that finally, a…