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Death and Self-Care

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 31, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise

Super Late today…So anyway, Kon Mari is relaxing her grip on her house for the sake of her children, this woman made a bargain with a god she “didn’t believe in” and it seemed to turn out fine, and this person discovered that thinking about...

Be Careful What You Wish For

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 24, 2023 | Apostasy, Garden-Variety Malaise, On the Radar

I really need to figure out how to do a TikTok-esque day-in-the-life. I love those so much. This one turned out tragically though: Who didn't see this coming? pic.twitter.com/myhpVPS31a — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 23, 2023 I can’t...

Two Things on Thursday

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 19, 2023 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Radical Environmentalism, Theological Liberalism

I probably have more to say about Seasons of Wonder because I didn’t even get to the good part, but there are two funny things on the internet this week that I can’t just let go by me without comment. What I particularly like is that they both came across...

How Do You Like To Read Books?

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 17, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise

I have a whole backlog of articles that I keep thinking I’ll get to—which means that I must be back on ye old blogging wagon—so here are two that I really liked. The first is that older thing about how Barnes and Noble is coming back. This part is so great: This is...

That Sounds Miserable

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 12, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, History

I am halfway through Hans Boersma’s Heavenly Participation: the weaving of a sacramental tapestry and am enjoying it very much. The first half, about how what he calls “the tapestry” is unraveled, and even cut apart, is discouraging in one sense,...

Here’s My Advice

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 4, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise

I had glorious intentions of blogging every day this week, to such a degree that I actually sat down and wrote 3/4 of a post on Monday Night, but—girl you know it’s true—I had to drop my life most unexpectedly, and learn how to take care of a sick bunny. I don’t know...