#71: The Imitation of Christ, Book 3, Part 2, by Thomas a Kempis

I’m finally starting up again on The Imitation of Christ.
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Part 15
Part 16
Part 17
Part 18

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#70: Sheer Dunsanity — Week Two!

The second third of Lord Dunsany’s Fifty-One Tales.
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“The Latest Thing”
“The Demagogue and the Demi-Monde”
“The Giant Poppy”
“Roses”
“The Man with Golden Ear-rings”
“The Dream of King Karna-Vootra”
“The Storm”
“A Mistaken Identity”
“The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise”
“Alone the Immortals”
“A Moral Little Tale”
“The Return of Song”
“Spring in Town”
“How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana”
“A Losing Game”
“Taking Up [...]

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#69: Sheer Dunsanity: Week 1!

That’s right, folks! A whole three weeks’ worth of nothing but short-shorts by Lord Dunsany! I’m reading all Fifty-One Tales in the book. Death! Time! Poetry! Fame! Small gods! More bizarre ideas than you can shake a pen at!
The regular schedule of blogging will resume in seventeen days. Just hold yourself to three tales a [...]

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While Light Holiday Blogging Continues….

Remember that you can visit some of my other audiobook podcast links.
I’ve just started listening to Tom Corven, an audiobook about a boy who finds himself alone and amnesiac in a strange world, with an uncanny power within him. It was inspired by the wild landscape of Arran, and the author reading it has a [...]

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#68: “A Christmas Mystery: The Story of Three Wise Men” by William J. Locke

Three Edwardian wise men are called to the wilds of Cornwall at Christmas.
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“A Christmas Mystery: The Story of Three Wise Men”
34 min.

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#67: “Homily 5″ from Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, by St. John Chrysostom

An interesting homily on what the angel said to St. Joseph. I’m not golden-tongued like the sainted bishop/patriarch of Constantinople, but give it a listen!
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Homily 5
33 min.

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#66D: Part 4 of “The First Christmas Tree” by Henry Van Dyke

Part 4: The Felling of the Tree

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#66C: Part 3 of “The First Christmas Tree” by Henry Van Dyke

Part 3: The Shadow of the Thunder-Oak

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#66B: Part 2 of “The First Christmas Tree” by Henry Van Dyke

Part 2: The Trail Through the Forest

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#66: “The First Christmas Tree” by Henry Van Dyke

In this story set in medieval Germany, we meet St. Boniface evangelizing the wilds of Germany. And yes, you'll see the first Christmas tree. Another fine Christmas story from the author of "The Story of the Other Wise Man". Enjoy!
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Part 1: The Call of the Woodsman

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Blog Announcement

Archive.org is taking its own sweet time again. (Hey, it’s a volunteer organization and it’s almost Christmas. No big huhu.)
When they process the next couple of podcasts, I’ll put ‘em up.
You can look forward to a Christmas adventure by the author of “The Story of the Other Wise Man”, “A Christmas Mystery” in the wilds [...]

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#65: “Three of a Trade” by Fitz-James O’Brien

I actually managed to get a little podcasting done! So here’s another New Year’s story from Fitz-James O’Brien, because back in his day in New York, Santa and Kriss Kringle came at New Year’s. (Apparently back in his day, midnight was quiet except for bells, too.)
This one is about two street children who are still [...]

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Blog Announcement

I still don’t feel up to snuff, so no more audiobooks for the rest of the week. Sorry, folks.

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#64: The Proto-Evangelium of James

The Proto-Evangelium of James is almost certainly not by James or entirely factual. The early Church mostly didn’t think it was inspired, either. (All of which are excellent reasons why you won’t find it in your Bible.)
However, this second century tale has survived in over 130 mss. That’s popularity. It’s an interesting blend of Bible [...]

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#63: Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, Part 5, by R.S. Surtees

Mr. Sponge’s epic continues, and we learn more about Mr. Sponge’s determined and bespectacled foe, Lord Scamperdale, and his disgruntled sidekick and almost-twin, Jack Spraggon.
‘Love me, love my dog,’ being a favourite saying of his lordship’s, he fed himself, his friends, and his hounds, on the same meal. Jack and he were busy with two [...]

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