A World of Speculation

The Fool

I’ve posted a short story titled “The Fool” at The Fellowship of St. Caedmon. I’d be interested in feedback, whether in the comments over there or here. “It’s a sensitive case,” Mark Radcliffe said. Eugene Peters watched the...

Chinese ice festival

Take a quick trip to Harbin, China, where R Todd King has taken some splendid photos of ice sculptures in this formerly Russian city in China. Don’t miss the nighttime photos, of ice palaces ablaze with lights. ONE MORE THING: Notice the three-bar crosses on the...

About that Sindarin Paschal greeting

If you’ve checked out the Onion Dome this week, you’ve seen the Elvish Paschal greeting: “Si Cuielen na i hiro o coi!” and the response “Ele, Si Cuielan!” My friend Barbara researched it for me, and her background information...

Fr. Dimitry Klepinin

Last month, I mentioned Mother Maria Skobtsova. Today I ran across a biography of Father Dimitry Klepinin, who helped her in her ministry in Paris. Here’s an excerpt from the story: A German officer named Hoffman had collected a large amount of evidence on how...

Short story accepted

My short story, “Call Your Mother,” has been accepted for the Mother’s Day edition of the online mag Literary Mama. Literary Mama is a good publication, close to the bone, not the sunshine-and-daisies motherhood that disappeared 50 years ago if it...