Some Independence Day swimming and butterfly catching, and there are five bald eagles circling above us.

The Glorious Fourth oh to be seven and sitting on a hay bale

Really quite pleased with this picture

Living our best Redwall life. All vegetables grown by family members.

Amici! Upcoming Plough issues include: Beauty After Religion Marriage Trust Power If you would like to pitch me, DMs are open! Or respond here. In addition, am happy to send you the Very Unofficial Writing for Plough packet that I cooked up for the recent Young Writers Weekend.

I love this reflection by my friend Esther about the importance of inconvenient hosting, sharing meals, and looking forward to having coffee cake at the heavenly feast. Esther left us on June 1 this year; I wish you could have met her. plough.com/en/topics/comm…

These poems by Jane Greer published by Plough Quarterly mean a great deal to me as a parent: "Help me be mild. The good in me please amplify" Jane Greer will be missed by many. plough.com/en/topics/cult…

Here at the Plough Quarterly office we're polishing off our fall issue on THE SUPERNATURAL. What design should go on the cover? Check out the four options and then vote. #1 Yellow Angel

I had a different set of links prepared for today, but I wanted to honor Jane Greer this week. I've attached several links to her work and to some tributes, please feel free to add more in the thread. She was a fierce poet and a lovely person. May her memory be eternal.

Beets and carrots from our garden, looking very pretty on their way to being roasted

That's right

Summer is magic

Summer is magic

I wrote about why/how Christian pacifism makes sense, and in fact why it's core to Christianity. (Not a belief I came to quickly despite growing up The Bruderhof, which the essay goes into.) Thanks to The Point Magazine for the chance to lay out the case! thepointmag.com/examined-life/…