Something about winter makes my To Be Read list grow by leaps and bounds. Despite being an avid hiker, I was unwilling to go outside during a recent record-setting cold snap. I used the time to dive into some of the books that have been waiting patiently for me. At last year’s Catholic Writers GuildContinue reading “Open Book: Augustus Tolton, Sam Adams, and ways to walk”
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Open Book: “The Life You Save May Be Your Own: an American Pilgrimage”
The first week of each month brings Open Book, a blog linkup co-hosted by My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com with a roundup of what participating bloggers have been reading lately. Not long ago, I was in Boston for a program on Catholic education. Among the speakers was Paul Elie of Georgetown University, of whom I hadn’t heard untilContinue reading “Open Book: “The Life You Save May Be Your Own: an American Pilgrimage””
Open Book: an assortment of biographies
The first Wednesday of each month brings Open Book, a blog linkup co-hosted by My Scribbler’s Heart and CatholicMom.com with a roundup of what participating bloggers have been reading lately. The recent feast of St. Edmund Campion prompted me to pick up Evelyn Waugh’s Campion biography for the first time in many years. I raved about theContinue reading “Open Book: an assortment of biographies”
Ellen Kolb 