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  • Leisure in a Utilitarian World

    We sat about on Valentine’s Day, yesterday, celebrating the birthday of John II, causing the busyness of a normal week to come to a full stop. It was lovely, and reminded me of an old post from The Marian Room on the historical importance of friendship in Catholic life. At the same time, I thought of Josef Pieper’s book on…

  • Kitty, The Household Fairy

    “There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory saints or factory fairies. . .”  G.K. Chesterton It happens quite frequently within the walls of a certain brick Colonial that a fairy-creature, known as Kitty, gets into a bit of mischief. There is torn…