The Stoics and Me As an uptight Christian, I've sought spiritual counsel from St. John the Apostle to Thomas Merton, from Augustine through Aquinas to Guardini. They all helped. But I still suffered from uptightness and swings of passion: worry about the future; sudden bursts of good emotional energy, mortgaged with my
Maybe We Should Start Doing Jigsaw Puzzles I enjoyed jigsaw puzzles as a kid, but by the time I got to college, they had become relics in my closet. I’m “toying” with the idea of getting them out again, perhaps starting with the really pretty Bob Ross puzzle collection. Jigsaw puzzles are excellent ways to relax.
The Chicago Renaissance The Renaissance led Baltimorean H.L. Mencken to call Chicago "the literary capital of the U.S."