Revealing the sublime in the mundane in all places.
Even though I just wrote a blog about why everyone has Christmas backwards, I just heard a Christmas song that is so spot-on that I don't know what to do with myself. It is as though it took everything I was saying about hope in darkness and put it all into one song just for… Continue reading A Christmas Song That Just Gave Me Chills
When I was in my twenties, I went through the same Christmas-hating phase that every budding free-thinker likely experiences, regardless of belief. Every piece of information I acquired about the history of this monstrosity of a holiday was welcomed by my very skeptical brain in very enjoyable little tasty morsels. My spiritual journey at that… Continue reading Why Everything About Christmas Is Backwards
THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho This is the first fiction book I'm reviewing, and I cannot stress enough what a delight this story was for me. It tells the story of a shepherd boy whose fortune is told by a gypsy woman, setting him on a path to find a treasure hidden near the great… Continue reading Book Review #6: “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is an insane book, and it's hard to believe that it is a true story. Every harrowing event of Shackleton's ill-fated journey to the South Pole is recounted down to each and every last moment. What little I knew about this expedition revolved around the abandoning of the ship from which… Continue reading Book Review #2: “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Journey” By Alfred Lansing