HeyJaredThe Commonplace Catholic
A newsletter exploring the way literature relates to faith, marriage, motherhood, and...well...life one commonplace quote at a time
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Commonplace Reviews #5: Pelagie (opens the original)
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These days, I’m fairly insulated from whatever is going on in The Culture (outside of what trickles onto my corner of Substack). I nixed Instagram from my phone, post on/check Facebook infrequent;y, and teach at a school that is both entirely screen free and asks that teachers and students refrain from referencing outside media during the school day. But even I have perceived that The Odyssey is having something of a Moment in the current zeitgeist. And I am happy to report that, in the midst of
A Peek Inside my Notebook #3 (opens the original)
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Enjoy selections from my most recent bouts of commonplacing! And this time, the audio is at the top for your listening pleasure!“The known world was not so circumscribed then nor knowledge equated with facts. Story was a kind of human binding. I can’t say it better than that. There was telling everywhere. Because there were fewer sources of where to find out anything, there was more listening.” (Noe, This is Happiness)Notes: Love the explanatory concept of we’ve lost the wisdom to listen because
Commonplacing: A Brief History (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Quickly Commonplacing #14 (Audio Version) (opens the original)
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