Carol James
@cmirabilis.bsky.social
Good example or horrible warning? She/her, Toastie
Yes, Virginia, there ARE stupid questions! New homily up:
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Yes, Virginia, there ARE stupid questions!
Licensed to Preach, Part Deux
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yes, Virginia, there ARE stupid questions! New homily up:
bluehorse.substack.com/p/yes-virgin...
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Therapist: The teen-sized stuffed chicken suit at the express tune-up place isn't real and can't hurt you.
CHICKENTEEN:
CHICKENTEEN:
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Therapist: The teen-sized stuffed chicken suit at the express tune-up place isn't real and can't hurt you.
CHICKENTEEN:
CHICKENTEEN:
Ask and it shall be given
Sermon at St. John the Evangelist 7/27/25
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July 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Why practices to connect us with our own humanity, each other, & perhaps something bigger, really matter now—
And can help keep us more whole, less responding on their terms & more on our own, more making choices as the people we wish to be.
Practical tips & bigger picture here:
Why practices to connect us with our own humanity, each other, & perhaps something bigger, really matter now—
And can help keep us more whole, less responding on their terms & more on our own, more making choices as the people we wish to be.
Practical tips & bigger picture here:
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New:
Why practices to connect us with our own humanity, each other, & perhaps something bigger, really matter now—
And can help keep us more whole, less responding on their terms & more on our own, more making choices as the people we wish to be.
Practical tips & bigger picture here:
Why practices to connect us with our own humanity, each other, & perhaps something bigger, really matter now—
And can help keep us more whole, less responding on their terms & more on our own, more making choices as the people we wish to be.
Practical tips & bigger picture here:
Gorgeous thread on "basic common sense" -- and how we need to grow beyond it to be fully alive and fully human.
I don't WANT to preach this morning -- JD Vance is not a serious person, he lacks the intellectual chops to do this kind of work, so rewarding his thirst with response is undignified -- but the Spirit demands at least a brief bit of sermonizing
February 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Gorgeous thread on "basic common sense" -- and how we need to grow beyond it to be fully alive and fully human.
Really lovely thread about the necessity of joy in hard times. Marathon pace, not a sprint!
As we go marching, marching, in the beauty of the day
A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts grey
Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing: "Bread and roses, bread and roses"
A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts grey
Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses
For the people hear us singing: "Bread and roses, bread and roses"
Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
January 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Really lovely thread about the necessity of joy in hard times. Marathon pace, not a sprint!
Reposted by Carol James
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
"What do you DO as a spiritual director?"
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Our daily bread
Stollen and the art of spiritual direction
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January 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"What do you DO as a spiritual director?"
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The sacred call to rejoice
An Advent scanning the sky for stars
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November 26, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I found this very helpful!
There's lots of wisdom and kindness in this article about grief, loss, attachments & how to cope. It's a Q&A with the therapist who coined the term "ambiguous loss," who sounds like she is an amazing therapist. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/elec... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social
Election Grief Is Real. Here’s How to Cope
Understanding the psychology of ambiguous loss can help people struggling with grief and depression in the wake of the 2024 election results
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I found this very helpful!
When the saints come marching in...
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Keep calm and hallow on
Saintliness is at your fingertips
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November 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM
When the saints come marching in...
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Your annual spooky season reminder that Edith Wharton wrote some damn fine ghost stories: funny ("Miss Mary Pask") and deeply unsettling ("All Souls'", "Kerfol").
October 19, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Your annual spooky season reminder that Edith Wharton wrote some damn fine ghost stories: funny ("Miss Mary Pask") and deeply unsettling ("All Souls'", "Kerfol").
I've been following @kbspangler.com for a while, but only recently cracked open SIDE QUESTED. Well, shame on me, because it's adorable and fun and just the right blend of obstinate ploughing past obstacles that only a young librarian in love can bring. Lifts my spirits every page!
Good morning, new followers!
Would you like a new #webcomic to read on this fine day? SIDE QUESTED follows the story of Charlie, a librarian-in-training, who falls face-first into the middle of a love triangle.
#comic #comics #webcomics #indie
Would you like a new #webcomic to read on this fine day? SIDE QUESTED follows the story of Charlie, a librarian-in-training, who falls face-first into the middle of a love triangle.
#comic #comics #webcomics #indie
Side Quested
A Fantasy romcom webcomic, updates every Sunday and Wednesday.
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October 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I've been following @kbspangler.com for a while, but only recently cracked open SIDE QUESTED. Well, shame on me, because it's adorable and fun and just the right blend of obstinate ploughing past obstacles that only a young librarian in love can bring. Lifts my spirits every page!
Yeah, I cried a little.
Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name.
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
October 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Yeah, I cried a little.
There's got to be something you can add to your turn of phrase here!
A Dutch way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed”
* read on for more porcine phrases from around the world (a big pig thread)...
* read on for more porcine phrases from around the world (a big pig thread)...
October 7, 2024 at 4:39 PM
There's got to be something you can add to your turn of phrase here!
Fall is here, fall is here, fall is here. (And why does that matter?)
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Comfort me with apples
Nuts would work, too
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September 30, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Fall is here, fall is here, fall is here. (And why does that matter?)
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As a Carol, I highly approve of this!
September 28, 2024 at 3:56 PM
As a Carol, I highly approve of this!
Just finished T Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call. Man, I did not know someone could write something more horrifying than the original Goose Girl folktale. Excellent work!
August 29, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Just finished T Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call. Man, I did not know someone could write something more horrifying than the original Goose Girl folktale. Excellent work!
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As I prepare for the semester I wanted to share this INCREDIBLE short story by Leslie Nneka Arimah. It’s really quite stunning.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
“Who Will Greet You at Home”
Fiction: “Ogechi tried to think of it as a fair trade, a little bit of her life for her child’s life.”
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August 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
As I prepare for the semester I wanted to share this INCREDIBLE short story by Leslie Nneka Arimah. It’s really quite stunning.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
WOW indeed. This blew my socks off.
My word, this is an extraordinary document.
If you're at all interested in literature and/or a participant in its creation, I can't imagine you won't find much of value here.
I mean: Wow.
If you're at all interested in literature and/or a participant in its creation, I can't imagine you won't find much of value here.
I mean: Wow.
Letter of the Holy Father on the Role of Literature in Formation (17 July 2024) | Francis
Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis on the Role of Literature in Formation, 17 July 2024
www.vatican.va
August 10, 2024 at 6:25 PM
WOW indeed. This blew my socks off.
Reposted by Carol James
Embroidered Tiger! Dark Clouds Over Snow!
“For anybody wondering how they said pspsps in the Qing dynasty, Wang Chutong’s 王初桐 1798 ‘Mao sheng’ 貓乘 (‘A Cavalcade of Cats’), the earliest collection of cat-related quotations and factoids I could find, has a section listing all the ways of calling a cat known to authoritative sources.”
The Naming of Cats, and an Offering
"Ferocious beasts." "Creatures of the baleful category." "Cicada-nommers." If you can read Classical Chinese, you can have a moderately good time looking in pre-20th century reference texts to see wha...
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August 9, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Embroidered Tiger! Dark Clouds Over Snow!
Just. WOW.
So looking forward to reading this!
So looking forward to reading this!
Historians (esp medieval historians) this is a heads up 🧵 for work that’s going to be released in the next few weeks—my late mother-in-law, Treasa McKernan’s magnum opus, ‘From Out of Her Bounds’ a study of medieval women’s lives thru an unusual lens (keep reading)—buckle up this is a long story. 1/
July 28, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Just. WOW.
So looking forward to reading this!
So looking forward to reading this!