A World of Speculation

Which way is up?

The artist and her friends were placing artworks in the Starbucks gallery (hung on the coffee shop walls for sale).They were bold, colorful oil paintings with bright yellows, oranges, purples. One of the women mentioned how much she liked the “fish”...

Quiet time at Orthodox Writers Week

We have been very, very good today. We sit in our little worlds, arrayed on couches, benches, on the beach, with our laptops, manuscripts, notebooks in hand.Quiet, please. We are birthing. Articles, books, poetry, a more conscious life. Gloria in her headphones is...

Repeat after me: ‘It’s only a novel’

Apparently, Stephen King’s Cell got to Afghanistan, says the Scotsman:WORRIED Afghans switched off their mobile phones yesterday as rumours spread that a deadly virus could be contracted by answering calls from “strange numbers”. Powered by...

Thinking? Me?

What can I say? Despite my recent dearth of writings, Father Joseph has decided to nominate me for a Thinking Blog Award. And this is the sort of award that a nomination is a win (which may be true of many awards, but that’s a rabbit trail I won’t follow...

What we miss

Washington commuters missed a treat recently when the professional violinist Joshua Bell played a free concert in a subway station. Incognito, one of the world’s best violinists played some of the world’s best music on one of the world’s best...

New Onion Dome posted

The new Onion Dome has a piece inspired by a visit from — I hope — our new bishop.OK, so the synapses do weird things when I see a resplendently robed man, who looks something like a cross between Santa Claus and Jerry Garcia, periodically emerge from the...