Eric Scheske

I was flipping through a backlog of magazines on Saturday while watching the excellent slate of sporting events. I ran across all sorts of interesting stuff, like this ranking by Forbes of the best cities to do business [http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2012/06/27/the-best-places-

"The greatness of God lives at the level of ordinary things." Escriva

Miscellany You want to revitalize the Catholic Church? Get rid of the organ, says this op-ed piece [http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/10/24/revitalize-catholic-church-let-kill-all-organs/9FpzZPSQzhfd4uUeCJNDbK/story.html] . I don't agree with a chunk of it (goodness knows, we don&

BYCU Do you like the craft beer movement but are stunned by the prices? Costco might have the answer. A TDE reader tells me you can pick up a case of Kirkland craft beer for $20. Not bad, not bad at all. Of course, I don't know how

Man, gorgeous weather. My garden is now entirely put to bed for the winter. Everything is covered with wood chips, leaves, and/or grass clippings. I've dug compost into a few areas that strike me as particularly depleted, and I've formed a few compost hills in

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

Bullets Our kids' parochial school held its annual fundraiser last Saturday. One of the events was a pumpkin-carving contest. This entry was really cool. * * * * * * * Find of the year: The Philokalia, Kindle edition, just $1.99. I downloaded it Sunday night. It appears to be the full four volumes,

Chesterton Square Any TDE readers ever been to Ponchatoula, Louisiana? I guess it contains " Chesterton Square [http://www.chestertonsquare.com/]," which in turn contains a massive statue of GKC. The Ponchatoula Wikipedia entry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponchatoula,_Louisiana#Tourism] doesn't even mention this nifty

“Be faithful in little things.” Mother Teresa