Leah Libresco's Blog, page 41

Prelude to a (Platonic) Kiss

Eve Tushnet (whose book is now out, and you don’t need to stand on ceremony waiting for me to formally review it next week to buy it for yourself) has a great point to make about the significance of the Kiss of Peace in an essay for On Level Ground: Words are great, don’t get [Read More...]

I’ve Written a Book!

I’m really pleased to announce that this coming May, I’ll be publishing my first book with Ave Maria Press! It’s now available to pre-order on Amazon (in print, kindle will come later) and I’ve built a snazzy website to answer all your questions about the book. (Including questions you may not realize you had like [Read More...]

$615 Raised in our Vaccination/Donation Drive!

I went and got my own flu shot yesterday, and then came home to do the final tally of how many flu shots you, and your children, and your chief whips all got as part of our donations-for-vaccinations drive. In the final analysis, one hundred twenty three of you went out to get your shot or nasal [Read More...]

Being Tutored by the Expectation of Elders [Pope Francis Bookclub]

In 2014, I’m reading and blogging through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus.  Every Monday, I’ll be writing about the next meditation in the book, so you’re welcome to peruse them all and/or read along. When I read this week’s selection from Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus, I was particularly struck [Read More...]

Here’s what I was beeminding this winter/spring

It took a lot of time in coffeeshops to get that line filled out. And it will be my pleasure to show you what all those points added up to tomorrow morning.   P.S. for those who don’t know, Beeminder is a service that makes it easier to do in the short term what you [Read More...]

Happy Halloween from the Sun Summoner!

Just as an FYI, if any of y’all are local to DC, I’ll be one of the five minute lightning talks at tonight’s Hack and Tell meetup, to present on my Accelerometer Controlled Light Gauntlets. I had a lot of fun dressing up as Alina Starkov, the Sun Summoner, from Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha Trilogy (Shadow [Read More...]