Eric Scheske

BYCU My two oldest sons have been in Oaxaca, Mexico for the past four weeks. They're taking "immersion classes," which means, "Do everything in Spanish for four weeks." They live with a Spanish mom, take Spanish classes in Spanish, take excursions in Spanish . . . and

From the Notebooks The four courts: Court of Law, Court of Religion, Court of Morals, Court of Taste and Manners. (Referred to on page 30 of Nock's Memoirs) It seems the culture wars should be fought first in T&M, and then Morals. Too many of us

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full

Miscellaneous Rambling The farming crunch is on. Seedlings are going into the ground faster than cocktails into a Kennedy's gut. Two dozen flower seedlings yesterday; a dozen more today, plus six tomato seedlings. More go in tomorrow. I would've put more in today, but it was

Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast is up: Episode 35: Mental Exercise, Predictive Genetics, Hook-Up Software at Ivy [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/5/17/episode-35-mental-exercise-predictive-genetics-hook-up-software-at-ivy] Mental Exercising: Everyone seems to agree: It's crucial we exercise mentally, normally in the form of meditation. Meditation, even the most secular,

> The Meteora is a very big #Orthodox [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orthodox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Monastery in Central #Greece [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Greece?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]. It was built on sandstone rock pillars. pic.twitter.com/vvPfPnZJbs [https://t.co/

> Translation of this mezcal bottle: for sacred consumption, all excess is profane pic.twitter.com/BW5ISwY16Z [https://t.co/BW5ISwY16Z] > — The Weekly Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) May 16, 2019 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1128837025334009856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Brews You Can Use Man, I feel like drinking today. Unfortunately, Meg has her regional track meet, which means I probably won't get home until late tonight, and the high school frowns on people bringing alcohol into the stadium, even if I have it stored in one of

Rambling Toward the Weekend Glorious weather. I spent nearly four hours at the produce site, trying to do a week's worth of work in one afternoon. It didn't quite work out. I got a lot of the (most excellent) Salanova lettuce planted, but otherwise, I just

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