This and that

by chuckofish

Summer is here and it’s tiger lily season–they are blooming all over town.

I am looking forward to all the blooms to come.

In other news, as you know, I have been reading books written in the 1930s and 40s by D.E. Stevenson and enjoying them enormously.

I just finished “Miss Buncle’s Book” and loved it. Stevenson has a real talent for characterization and for subtly drawing a picture of a town and its inhabitants. In this novel the main character has written a book (using a pseudonym) about a fictional town that is strikingly similar to the one in which she really lives. It is so similar that some of the inhabitants are outraged and want to find out who the author is, so they can take him to court for libel. Of course, they never imagine that the quiet, mousey woman who is the actual author could have written the book.

If you have ever wondered when the actual date of your conversion was (as I have), Charles Spurgeon has a comforting illustration.

And this is J.I. Packer on the six things you should tell yourself everyday.

Have a great day!