Eric Scheske

I recently re-ran across this passage from John C. h. Wu's (the Chinese Chesterton's) The Golden Age of Zen: "The first and second chapters of the Tao Teh Ching constitute the metaphysical background of Zen." I'm not exactly sure what to

A group of teenagers in Colorado surprised their neighbors by shoveling 50 driveways and walkways for free. They didn't mean to. They were just too stoned to remember which house was theirs.

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

A woman in Mexico was arrested at a movie theater this weekend during "Fifty Shades of Grey." She was sad about being arrested, but really psyched about being handcuffed.

After linking to that Rod Dreher article yesterday, I Googled him. I used to correspond with him occasionally when we both wrote for Touchstone (he regularly, me whenever I wrote something they liked, which is the difference between an accomplished writer and a writing hack, though the hack often takes

I saw this for the first time this afternoon: > New Book Notice: 'How Dante Can Save Your Life' | Rod Dreher http://t.co/UNAkZtxo6v > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) February 24, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/570014123712491520]

I just saw that Joseph Pearce released a new book late last year. I haven't bought it yet, but my hand hovers over the "Buy It Now" button at Amazon. Catholic Literary Giants: A Field Guide to the Catholic Literary Landscape [http://www.amazon.com/gp/

Miscellaneous Rambling I started trying essential oils last fall. I'm slowly becoming a believer. Whenever I use them, good things happen: the inflamed tendon in my ankle feels better after I put peppermint on it, my son's hip that had been bothering him for months stopped

> Icon representing the 21 Coptic Martyrs pic.twitter.com/di4DU7W2mN [http://t.co/di4DU7W2mN] > — Daily Saint Quotes (@DailyStQuotes) February 22, 2015 [https://twitter.com/DailyStQuotes/status/569316001562501120]

> "Loss is not as bad as wanting more." ~ Lao Tzu #tao [https://twitter.com/hashtag/tao?src=hash] > — Zen and Tao (@ZENandTAO) February 21, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ZENandTAO/status/569053219411922947]