The cover of Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley is arresting for someone like me — a romantic who is entranced by the mystery and ideals of early monastic life. It shows a clochan, a beehive-shaped rock hut set beside a small stream and barren, rocky hills in the distance. Built of dry …
-
In the Chapter House
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.
— St. Benedict -
Murmurs
- David Morton on Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part Two)
- David Morton on Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part Two)
- Maximillian on Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part Two)
- lizzy on Food in the Middle Ages: Eight Things You Probably Didn’t Know
- Alexis on Using Google Earth to Imagine Medieval Times
-
Tweets
- Totally enjoying my new Kindle 2, and, with Calibre to aggregate sources like NY Review of Books, is a great distraction to writing today. 2010/02/22
- Interesting article for aspiring writers and publishers - Publishing: The Revolutionary Future - NY Review of Books: http://bit.ly/cJFPkO 2010/02/22
-
Archives
- January 2010 (1)
- October 2009 (1)
- August 2009 (2)
- July 2009 (2)
- June 2009 (3)
- May 2009 (1)
- April 2009 (4)
- March 2009 (6)
- February 2009 (5)
- January 2009 (10)
