Monthly Archives: May 2015

Book Review: The Holy Thief

Posted on May 14, 2015 by nathanalbright

The Holy Thief, by Ellis Peters The penultimate novel in Ellis Peters’ Cadfael Chronicles [1] covers some familiar ground, and some new ground as well. What begins with the tying up of a plot line involving the renegade earl of … Continue reading →

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The Days Turn Into Months, The Months Turn Into Years

Posted on May 14, 2015 by nathanalbright

Beside the office building where I work in Hillsboro [1] there is an empty, grassy field where people occasionally run around and fly kites and model airplanes. This morning, as I walked into the building at around 7:30AM, there was … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fifty Shades Of They

Posted on May 13, 2015 by nathanalbright

Fifty Shades Of They: Insights That Bring Life To Your Relationships, by Ed Young [Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.] On the one hand, this book is a bit … Continue reading →

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Startle Easy

Posted on May 13, 2015 by nathanalbright

By nature, I tend to be a person whose ease being startled can often result in comical moments of intense clumsiness. So it was today, as I felt more or less like I was sleepwalking a bit the entire day. … Continue reading →

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Some Notes For A Defense Of Fitzwilliam Darcy

Posted on May 12, 2015 by nathanalbright

One of the issues of many film adaptations of Pride & Prejudice is the lack of understanding of the character of Fitzwilliam Darcy, whom we will call Darcy from here on out in order to keep it shorter. To be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Summer Of The Danes

Posted on May 12, 2015 by nathanalbright

Summer Of The Danes, by Ellis Peters The eighteenth volume of the Brother Cadfael series, this novel finds Cadfael in a new position, at least as far as the series is concerned, and that is a prisoner of some Danish … Continue reading →

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Key West Intermezzo

Posted on May 11, 2015 by nathanalbright

As someone who grew up in Florida, the reality of the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution is one of the aspects of the context of growing up. Throughout the course of my life I have met many people who were … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Evermotion

Posted on May 11, 2015 by nathanalbright

Evermotion is the most recent (to date) album from the band Guster. Now, I have liked Guster for a while, since I heard their song “Satellite,” but this is the first album of the band I have owned, albeit digitally, … Continue reading →

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A Good Ally Is Hard To Find

Posted on May 10, 2015 by nathanalbright

Yesterday one of the elders in our congregation gave a fascinating message that was indirectly a Mother’s Day [1] message, but also spoke to the value of women in general, and did so in a way that I have strong … Continue reading →

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It’s All Coming Back To Me Now

Posted on May 10, 2015 by nathanalbright

So, today was the third of the annual meetings of this year’s dinner club [1]. As it happens, one of the people in our group forgot which weekend the dinner club meeting was, and went out of town for an … Continue reading →

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