+ Podcast - This American Life "Batman" - an inspiring look at the power of positive expectations, and the damage done when we expect too little. It has nothing to do with The Caped Crusader. Listen here.
+ Article - "God is at Work in Your Unremarkable Days" by John Bloom from Desiring God - what was God doing in that incredible expanse of unrecorded time in Genesis? Read it here.
+ Article - "Satire Lives" by Adam Gopnik from The New Yorker - the right to mock and blaspheme; and the danger of diminishing the sacrifice of those murdered at Charlie Hebdo if we give their actions and art too noble a tint. Read it here.
+ Book - "I'll Drink to That" by Betty Halbreich - the memoir of Bergdorf Goodman's legendary personal shopper. Ignore the clothes if you want. Great observations on materialism, family, vocation, and a part of American life that doesn't exist anymore. Buy it here or download it for free at your local library.
+ Podcast - Serial - I realize I am late to the party in singing this podcast's praises, but this is a captivating story and is incredibly well produced. I listened to the entire thing in three days. Listen here.
+ Quote - "Hot baths, cold champagne, new peas, and old brandy." Sir Winston Churchill on the necessities of life.
+Painting - "The Monk by the Sea" (1808-1810) - by Caspar David Friedrich.
"The Monk by the Sea" is sublime.
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