Backward Mutters

  • It’s Not a Normal Life

    I was very grateful for my friend’s second question in response to my answer to the first question about my daughter’s battle with Type 1. The question asked was a clarification about her treatment and a genuine curiosity and concern for my daughter and family. The misconception was common enough.…

  • It’s Not a Normal Life

    I was very grateful for my friend’s second question in response to my answer to the first question about my daughter’s battle with Type 1. The question asked was a clarification about her treatment and a genuine curiosity and concern for my daughter and family. The misconception was common enough.…

  • Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet

    Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve read the ‘excursionary’ Space Trilogy numerous times since 1992. Only recently have I been clued into the influence of the medieval cosmology which Lewis loved so much. In the past I enjoyed the book on…

  • Dante’s Purgatorio

    The Divine Comedy: Purgatory by Dante AlighieriMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The translation into rhyming verse is no doubt a daunting task. It does make the poetry more esoteric, and most likely more difficult to read and comprehend. Dorothy Sayer’s commentary, however, is gold. The book is worth reading…

  • Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet

    Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve read the ‘excursionary’ Space Trilogy numerous times since 1992. Only recently have I been clued into the influence of the medieval cosmology which Lewis loved so much. In the past I enjoyed the book on…