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Lincoln and New Salem

My blog has been quiet for the few months as I’ve been working on my thesis for my graduate program at Pacific University. My thesis is a portion of a novel set in a fictional town not far from New Salem, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln spent six years before moving to Springfield to become a lawyer. TheContinue reading “Lincoln and New Salem”

Grief (part 2)

I just finished reading C. S. Lewis’s journal, A Grief Observed, which he wrote following his wife’s death. The edition I read was prefaced with an essay by novelist Madeleine L’Engle and an introduction by Lewis’s stepson, Douglas H. Gresham. Both L’Engle and Gresham discuss the importance of recognizing the uniqueness of each experience ofContinue reading “Grief (part 2)”