Category Archives: Non-fiction

Sing ye sweetly until the song it must end, part III

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Olivia woke me in the morning far earlier than either of us wanted to be up (and I had a sore throat, which is usually a sign of doom, but it didn’t get worse throughout the day and I turned … Continue reading →

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Sing ye sweetly until the song it must end, part II

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

One of the reasons I had put so much effort into coming to this concert, even when I would be seeing Olivia again in a fortnight at her graduation, was that due to the administration’s decision to cut the liberal … Continue reading →

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Sing ye sweetly until the song it must end, part I

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

O stay your soul and leave my heart in song! O stay your hand; the journey may be long! And when we part, and sorrow can’t be swayed, Remember when, and let your heart be staid. * On Friday morning … Continue reading →

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A Protestant Perspective on Lent

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

In the wilderness Lent (forty days of preparation for Easter, possibly with roots in the preparation of catechumens for baptism at Easter a very long time ago, for more about which see the fascinating paper “The Early History of Lent”) … Continue reading →

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And now for someone completely disconnected, part II

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Continuing from where we left off in  our last post, I’ve had to do a lot of thinking recently about life, in general, and in terms of how I’m going to live myself. Of course, it is impossible to plan … Continue reading →

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And Now For Someone Completely Disconnected, part I

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration, but it fit so neatly with the previous post in what is becoming a series.)  A whole new world of puns has opened up to me, and I shall be taking full advantage of that, … Continue reading →

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Looking at Life

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Nolie Alcarturiel

So I said the next post would be in the In Which Everything Goes Downhill series, but I’ve been having some thoughts today while I stay home sick, and another topic has taken over my mind. I mean taken over … Continue reading →

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Historical Entwife part V: Bibliography

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Bibliography Andersson, Eva. “The Perfect Picture — A Comparison between Two Preserved Tunics and 13th-century Art.” North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles X, edited by Eva B. Andersson Strand, Margarita Gleba, Ulla Mannering, and Cherine Munkholt. Oxbow Books, 2010, page numbers not … Continue reading →

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Historical Entwife part IV: What’s an outfit without pockets?

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Nolie Alcarturiel

   I had another image to work from, back in the summer when I had plenty of time and a cottonwood in mind, but with barely a month to go I found the perfect extant to try to re-create instead. Because everyone … Continue reading →

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Historical Entwife part III: sideless gown and St Birgitta cap

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Sideless    I would need a green garment for leaves, of course, and I was pretty sure I wanted it to be a sideless gown. At about this time, while in lockdown and trying to catch up on the kinds of … Continue reading →

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