Category Archives: Poetry

Music for Holy Week

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Maundy Thursday: Ubi Caritas (Duruflé) If Ye Love Me (Tallis) In My Father’s House (Stopford) Good Friday: “The Agony”, by George Herbert       Philosophers have measur’d the mountains,Fathom’d the depths of the seas, of states, and kings,Walk’d with … Continue reading →

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. . . hidden waters run to far green pastures.”

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

“For there is hope for a tree,    When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,And its shoots will not fail.   Though its roots grow old in the groundAnd its stump dies in the dry soil,   At the scent of water it … Continue reading →

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“Below the deserts…

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Think of this as a research paper minus the paper, with just the quotes. I started putting this together ages ago, when I first read the book which bookends this collection, but never quite put the finishing touches to it … 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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Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Originally posted on Of Dreams and Swords:
This is going to be a long post. This “artist’s statement” was supposed to be a lot shorter, but you know how that goes. I even tried to abridge it and then found…

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Penslayer gems

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

I didn’t post on Tuesday because, while orchestra was supposed to start up, and we even printed out the music, the weather had different ideas and orchestra was canceled and we were stuck down there for the night. It was … Continue reading →

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All your rabbit-trails in one handy place

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

During the semester, when things are crazier than normal, I have a tendency to open cans of worms or find the openings of rabbit-holes, and have to note them for later. Sometimes I leave links to things in random e-mail … Continue reading →

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Hopkins paper

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Here’s the literary paper I kept. The rest is fairly self-explanatory. I included the bibliography here because I know some of you might be interested in the sources, which at the time of this writing were all available on Jstor. … Continue reading →

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Well, I’m back.

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Hallo again. Apologies for the absence. But last week I woke up a little before my alarm and ready to get up (not with the bounding energy my sister’s known for, but still) not only one but three days. I can’t … Continue reading →

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Above all shadows rides the Sun

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Nolie Alcarturiel

At about five minutes to two on the afternoon of Wednesday the twenty-ninth of August, I was coming around the corner between the bakery and the place I’d parked my car, to get my lunch. As I turned, I saw … Continue reading →

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