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A Cultural Outcast Asks: Who Can I Turn To, When Nobody Loves Me?

by Deal Hudson | Nov 15, 2016 | 2016 Election, America, Books, Culture, Featured | 0 |

I’m a regular reader of various cultural blogs and magazines, especially those devoted to...

Florence Foster Jenkins and Gilbert Kaplan: Amateurs and Their Music

by Stephanie Mann | Apr 1, 2016 | America, Culture, Featured, History, Manners, Media, Movies, Music | 1 |

For all their training and efforts, Jenkins and Kaplan were amateurs. She loved opera; he loved that symphony. They poured themselves into that love that is at the root of the word amateur. Perhaps that’s why they receive our sympathy and even admiration.

The Son Is Risen!

by Deal Hudson | Mar 27, 2016 | Catholic Church, Liturgy, Spirituality | 1 |

Two of George Herbert’s poems appropriate to this day: “Easter” and “I Got...

How the Beatles, My Great Aunt, and Debussy Changed My Life

by Deal Hudson | Jan 12, 2016 | Culture, Featured, Music | 2 |

It was the spring of 1970 when Paul McCartney announced he was leaving the Beatles. I had already...

Because I Knew You, I Have Been Changed

by Mike Eisenbath | Apr 29, 2015 | Culture, Ethics, Faith, Family, Featured, Manners, Music | 2 |

You never know how you might reach someone in a special and needed way when you offer a kind word or helping hand. And until you really examine the twists and turns of your life, you might forget some people who changed your life just because you knew them.