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“All we do know, and that to a large extent by direct experience, is that evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in.” - Tolkien, letter 64
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@mrsdobbins_
When I had my first at a hospital, a whole group of students came in to “observe” even though I’d said I didn’t want them in the room. They said they’d never seen an unmedicated birth before. I felt like I was on display or something 🥴
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@FranciKing15848
@mrsdobbins_
Tried. Literally had a nurse tell me, “How else are they supposed to learn?” It was obnoxious.
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@TheEcho13
He says women have outrageous expectations, and yet his own expectations are outrageous.
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@OldHollowTree
Barred Plymouth Rock - consistent layers and friendly, too. Great with grabby toddlers.
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@BorterPawtrol
@mrsdobbins_
Ugh I’m sorry. It turns the whole situation into a spectacle 🤦♀️
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“A man who has been in another world does not come back unchanged.”
- C.S. Lewis, Perelandra
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“We want a whole race perpetually in pursuit of the rainbow’s end, never honest, nor kind, nor happy now, but always using as mere fuel wherewith to heap the altar of the future every real gift which is offered them in the Present.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
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@CharlottaDupont
@mrsdobbins_
That’s amazing. If I ever had a baby in hospital again, I’d hire a bulldog.
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@Andrewnsnyder
“All we do know, and that to a large extent by direct experience, is that evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in.”
- Tolkien, Letter 64
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@Andrewnsnyder
“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (and now I’ve got Brooke Fraser’s C. S. Lewis Song stuck in my head)
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@wylfcen
“…the A-S uses seem plainly to indicate that it was a star presaging the dawn (at any rate in English tradition): that is what we now call Venus: the morning-star as it may be seen shining brilliantly in the dawn, before the actual rising of the Sun.” - Tolkien, letter 297
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“A thousand bawdy, or even blasphemous, jokes do not help towards a man’s damnation so much as his discovery that almost anything he wants to do can be done, not only without disapproval but with the admiration of his fellows, if only it can get itself treated as a Joke.”
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“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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“…we do want, and want very much, to make men treat Christianity as a means; preferably, of course, as a means to their own advancement, but, failing that, as a means to anything - even to social justice.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
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“The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour, or, indeed, of creating a new sun and a new sky for it to move in.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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We shall never recover it, for that is not the way of repentance, which works spirally and not in a closed circle; we may recover something like it, but on a higher plane.
- Tolkien, Letter 96
…certainly there was an Eden on this very unhappy earth. We all long for it, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most humane, is still soaked with the sense of ‘exile’.
- Tolkien, Letter 96
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My husband just told me he’s planning on being at the birth of our child. You know, like I’m planning on being at his company Christmas party next week 😂
#supercasual
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@Andrewnsnyder
I was wryly amused to be told (D. Telegraph) that ‘Lewis himself was never very fond of The Screwtape Letters’–his best-seller (250,000). He dedicated it to me. I wondered why. Now I know–says they.
- Tolkien, Letter 252
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@oliveegger
Someone recently told me on here not to burden the taxpayers when my marriage falls through since I don’t have any valuable skillz 😆 Like wait, what? What do any of the strangers on the app know about me?
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@myelessar
“For all those who come to know him come to love him after their own fashion…” says Legolas 😌
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“Yea; it is hard to tell whether the wickedness or the follies of men do the greater harm in the world; therefore seek to guard yourself well, not only against sin, but against folly and weakness likewise.”
- Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
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@arbyredopinion
@VeiledGlory
True. And I think there’s a disconnect there- older women will insist hired help can be brought in to cover household responsibilities: the kids can go to school, takeout is fine…But, like, why would I work and then use my entire paycheck to pay other people to do what I do now?
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“The full acting out of the self’s surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will to obey, in the absence, or in the teeth, of inclination.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
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Now reading:
The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis
The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book of Merlyn, T.H. White
Phantastes, George MacDonald
Holiness, J.C. Ryle
Some Howard Pyle
My head’s going to explode.
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@MarmotRespecter
I distinctly remember hiding asparagus under the seat cushion of my chair and later sneaking out of bed to throw it away so no one would find out 😆
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“Hitherto the plans of educationalists have achieved very little of what they attempted and indeed…we may well thank the beneficent obstinacy of real mothers, real nurses, and (above all) real children for preserving the human race in such sanity as it still possesses.”
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“There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
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@Philosophi_Cat
@TheFoxMatriarch
Nah, ruffles and florals won’t leave your ribs bare. Very different.
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@Rosie_Gamgee_
“They said you were dead; but I’ve been expecting you since the spring. You haven’t hurried, have you?” Just the best 💛
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My daughter as a fairy from A Midsummer Night’s Dream 😍 and J as Puck 😝
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@paperbullets
thank you for putting together this seminar! Can't wait for the next installment. New set of books standing by
#backagain
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@OldHollowTree
Yes ✨ We keep about half mowed, mostly near the house for the kids. The rest is for grazing. The neighbors are talking about sending their cows over this week after I rotate the horses. We’re looking into sheep.
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Oh my goodness
@the_beccaeller
😍 thank you so much for the beautiful package of knits for Jane! This blanket is currently her favorite since she naps all day (and parties all night). You’re amazing!
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@JerryBrownGov
@AssemblyDems
air quality here in Northern Ca is just fine. Your new gas tax is a real problem, though.
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I used to arrange florals for all sorts of events and things, but I’d never made a crown before. WORTH IT ✨
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@sewistwrites
Thanks for sharing! I wore a wrap while postpartum with my first and I regret not doing so with the following babies. I wonder if it helps with abdominal separation or if it just helps mitigate the discomfort of it. Anyway. Great thread!
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“We were told it all long ago by Plato.”
- C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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@AniseNot
Guy needs to put it in the bedroom and rock the baby at night so mama can get some extra z’s.
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@Andrewnsnyder
That Hideous Strength
The Horse and His Boy
The Last Battle
Till We Have Faces
The Dark Tower
If TDT doesn’t count, it’s probably Out of the Silent Planet
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@dytolkienwisdom
Possibly my favorite character. “Elrond symbolises throughout the ancient wisdom, and his House represents Lore–the preservation in reverent memory of all tradition concerning the good, wise, and beautiful.” - JRRT, Letter 131
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@angelinaburnett
@elsagrabthesalt
And as Claire Underwood! Great roles for different reasons. Well done, Robin Wright!
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@TJSumpter
My neighbor took us (my sister and I) to church when I was a kid. She had two children of her own and kept us all in our seats with snacks and coloring books and gentle words. Now that I’m a mother, I’m amazed by her persuasiveness and patience.
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Can't make it to the live
#backagain
seminar today, but the speaker at church quoted Bilbo, so that is neat! 😉
@paperbullets
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“Government is an abstract noun meaning the art & process of governing & it should be an offence to write it with a capital G”
@JRRTolkien
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Please keep Northern California in your prayers 🙏🏽
#PlacerCounty
fairgrounds now evacuation center for
#orovilledam
incident - no beds or blankets yet, but in the works.
#castorm
#caflood
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Godparentshave always seemed more magical to me than religious. Maybe because of Cinderella? And her fairy godmother.
#DearMrPotter
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@TomSteyer
And the designer should know better than to use a stock photo of a kiddo drinking bottled water to push a bill about tap water 🙄
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When the owner of your favorite local Mexican restaurant TREATS YOU TO DINNER 😭
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@KevinKileyCA
how can we stop AB77? Charter schools require fair funding in order to preserve school choice.
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Things that currently gross me out:
1. BBQ
2. Coffee 😭 (must stop tryin to drink it)
3. Garlic
4. Ice Cream
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#PregnancyProblems
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“Such a book has of course its predestined readers…To them a reviewer need say little, except that here are beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron; here is a book that will break your heart. They will know that this is good news, good beyond hope.” - C.S. Lewis
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PSA Californians - if you’re using your windshield wipers, your headlights should be on 👌
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@4everNeverTrump
@realDonaldTrump
1) Most of the water in Northern California comes from the North state. 2) Lots of it is diverted to the Bay. 3) State and local water rights are complex.
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@dytolkienwisdom
I like to think about the many ways Tolkien words influenced Lewis’ Til We Have Faces
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@pointnorthmedia
Oh no, I’m so sorry. This is so sad. But you have to do what’s best for you and yours. Take care. You’ll be sorely missed.
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@nsarwark
could no longer afford to see my doctor of choice due to ACA - had to change providers and Kaiser is the very worst.
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@joelcipriano
That hits hard. “…he will feel, instead of shame, a continual undercurrent of self-satisfaction” for his treachery. And the next few lines in yellow (about being tolerant) ring with that striking sense of Lewis-foresight.
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@hpsacredtext
My first job was working as a librarian's aid. They do such important work. That was really beautiful, Vanessa! 💛 (Grace Epi)
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I first read The Screwtape Letters the summer before I started high school. It was also required reading during my senior year of high school. Perfect timing for it, honestly. Chapter (Letter) 13 probably changed my life.
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“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” via
@brannonmc
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