Tag Archives: quotes

On sticking with the local church

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Nolie Alcarturiel

A whole extra day to get a post in this month, and I still nearly didn’t, but here we are. This may or may not end up being a section in the very long research project I’m buried in right … 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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And now for someone completely different

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Nolie Alcarturiel

(If you like long controversial posts this is your lucky day.) Hi, yes, it has been over a month since I last posted. I promise posts about the A&S competition will be coming soon. But today I’m completely leaving behind … Continue reading →

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Where, O death, is now thy sting?

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

It has been nine months since the event I introduced some of my readers to in this post, and Levi’s story has crossed 50,000 words. As we have come further and things have developed, I thought it would be good … Continue reading →

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Io! Io!

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Christus surrexit! On Saturday evening I finished the first complete draft of The Two-Legged League.  First glimpses of characters came late May ’18: Llewellyn (called Thew): dark-haired undergrad of the Perry type, who works with a typewriter in his shirt-sleeves. Penelope, … Continue reading →

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Having run out of witty titles

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

The silence last week was quite accidental. We’re approaching the end of the orchestra season (concert on Saturday! Anyone want to come?) and I’ve actually worked a little bit, and am not too far behind on Camp NaNo, although the stats … Continue reading →

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The Seamy Side

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

The job search continues. I am not exactly sanguine about the prospects of anyone in the area wanting me, but I’m staying, and I don’t know for how long — it could be quite a while. (Not that I want … Continue reading →

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Sword at Sunset

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

It is. . . not like Pendragon’s Heir, and then again like it. Imagine a novel written by a woman in first person, in Artos’ voice, which oddly enough sometimes reads like Lewis writing in a woman’s voice (Till We … Continue reading →

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Recent reading

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Nolie Alcarturiel

Apologies for my disappearance. The pace of. . . *gestures at things-in-general* has been picking up. I don’t remember everything I’ve read since I stopped doing monthly wrap-up posts, but I’ve read some interesting things lately and I thought I … Continue reading →

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