Writers and readers will flock together, given the chance. I’ve enjoyed two recent events featuring good books by authors whose work makes my shelves fuller and my horizons broader. “Evangeline” This year’s Catholic Literature Conference in New Hampshire (presented annually by the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH) featured a presentation onContinue reading “Good gatherings, good books”
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“Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way”
My discovery of Frances Parkinson Keyes’s Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way was providential. This warm and affectionate account of the life of Thérèse of Lisieux brought the saint to life for me as no account has done before. This true story is written with a novelist’s sense of drama and an historian’s eye forContinue reading ““Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way””
Open Book: “Pastoral Song”
God’s been good, giving me a beautiful place to live. I’m constantly learning about the stewardship it takes to care for this particular environment, which helps me appreciate how other places are cared for as well. Pastoral Song: a Farmer’s Journey (2021, Mariner Books) is well worth appreciating. From its unsentimental early tone, the bookContinue reading “Open Book: “Pastoral Song””
Ellen Kolb 