Backward Mutters

  • What Kind of Peace?

    “I have, therefore, chosen this time and place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds and the truth too rarely perceived. And that is the most important topic on earth: peace. What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek?…

  • Review: Robert Frost’s Poems

    Robert Frost’s Poems by Robert Frost My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve been familiar with Frost’s poetry–I’ve read or sung a good bit of it from High School to Randall Thompson’s setting of Frost’s poetry to music, Frostiana. In a seminar class we read “Home Burial”. The professor shared…

  • Review: The Kite Runner

    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini My rating: 4 of 5 stars A review on the back cover calls this book a “no frills, no nonsense, just hard sparse prose…”. The narrative is plot based rather than language based. By that I mean, the story propels you forward rather than…

  • Review: The Horse and His Boy

    The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of my favorites in the Narniad. Very mercurial. View all my reviews

  • "…loved I not honor more."

    To Lucasta, Going to the Wars 1Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind,That from the NunneryOf thy chaste breast, and quiet mind,To War and Arms I flee. 2True, a new Mistress now I chase,The first Foe in the Field;And with a stronger Faith embraceA Sword, a Horse, a Shield. 3Yet…