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Ah! Bright Wings

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“The world is charged w the grandeur of God…There lives the dearest freshness deep down things” -Hopkins Sarah. Reading &thinking so I can read&think better.

My Nest of Shiny Things انضم Nisan 2019
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Ah! Bright Wings
Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
"That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil—widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower." — George Eliot, Middlemarch
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Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
“Odysseus journeys home—the exile must return!” “He won't be gone long from the native land he loves, not even if iron shackles bind your father down. He's plotting a way to journey home at last; he's never at a loss.”
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Ascend: The Great Books Podcast@TheGreatB00ks

YOU CAN READ THE ODYSSEY WITH ASCEND! 📚Join Ascend for a NEW 12 week study of the Odyssey prior to the new Christopher Nolan movie coming out! 📚Dcn. Garlick will be using the Fagles edition and many of the guests are using Lattimore. 1. Book 1 with @pleonidasp of @WYOCathCollege & Dr. Frank Grabowski of Holy Family Classical School (4.28.26) 2. Books 2-4 with Dr. Grabowski (5.5.26) 3. Book 5 with Dr. Glenn Arbery of @WYOCathCollege (5.12.26) 4. Books 6-8 with Dr. Grabowski (5.19.26) 5. Books 9-10 with @GregMcBrayer3 (5.26.26) 6. Books 11-12 with @OfficialNotDr of Coeur du Christ Academy (6.2.26) 7. Books 13-14 with @costofglory (6.9.26) 8. Books 15-16 TBD (6.16.26) 9. Books 17-19 TBD (6.23.26) 10. Books 20-21 TBD (6.30.26) 11. Book 22 with @alexpriou (7.7.26) 12. Book 23-24 with Dr. Justin Jackson and Dr. Benedict Whalen of @Hillsdale (7.14.26) Then TWO BONUS EPISODES! 🔥 13. Post-Movie Breakdown with @SeanBerube4 (TBD) 14. The American Odyssey (NEW BOOK!) with @PatrickDeneen (7.21.26) American Odyssey: a.co/d/09McvVwl 📚What are we doing before the Odyssey? We wrap up Purgatorio for Lent with Cantos 32-33 with @JoshuaTCharles & Dr. Frank Grabowski (3.31.26) 🔥THEN we start a new series taking the BEST articles on THE ASCENT, a substack sister company to Ascend, ran by @HarrisonGarlic1 @SirEvanAmato and @the_culturist_ focused on Christian spirituality. 1. The Hidden Meaning of Narnia's Endless Winter (4.7.26) Article: theascent.io/p/the-hidden-m… 2. The Spiritual Harm of Lying (4.14.26) Article: theascent.io/p/the-spiritua… 3. TBD (4.21.26) Lot's of good things are happening on Ascend! Join by subscribing: ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm Collection of written guides: patreon.com/c/greatbooks

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Hamilton 🇺🇸
Hamilton 🇺🇸@Watchman_motto·
Same house, three different color schemes. I know which one I’m picking. You?
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Karen Vaites@karenvaites·
I recently introduced myself at an event as: "Hi, I'm Karen, and I'm on a crusade to bring books back into reading curriculum." As it came out of my mouth, I realized how insane it sounds.
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sgb@sadgirlyboss·
in preschool they asked my mom (a doctor) to teach helmet safety. my dad bought 2 cantaloupes, drew faces on them, and my mom dropped them—one helmeted, one not. the unhelmeted one exploded on the class. mom said, “this is why you wear a helmet.” she was not invited back.
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Reads with Ravi
Reads with Ravi@readswithravi·
What is the best book you’ve read in 2026 so far?
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Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
Females of the conservative/Christian bookish/artsy X: do you know people like you in real life? My husband has been blessed by meeting multiple like-minded creatives/thinkers nearby. But I’ve struggled to find likeminded women (in this regard) in person.
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6th, to categorize analysis as an impractically “elite” & even “snobbish” skill & not the key to protecting your mind & heart as you strengthen your knowledge & understanding. 7th, to treat knowledge & understanding as merely pragmatic & not the utmost call of the human heart.
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Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
Just last week, a self-proclaimed ‘unschooler’ said: “Why should kids have to analyze Shakespeare if they don’t like it & won’t do anything with literature later in life?” TBH, I was stunned into silence… 1st, to assume that lit is a career choice & not a cultural foundation..
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If you think Shakespeare "alienates" students, consider how "alienated" they feel later in life when references are made to Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet & they don't understand. A lot of things are unfamiliar or difficult for students. That isn't a reason to stop teaching them.

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Selenite (The Rock Lady) ✝️
Selenite (The Rock Lady) ✝️@crochet_mom314·
Yes, my kids know what animals meat comes from. They eat it all happily. Chicken, pork, beef, venison, duck, it doesn't matter. You are projecting your fragility onto everyone else.
John Thomas@thebbvegan

Do you think if children were told that they were eating a baby cow or a baby pig for dinner, that they would be happy about it and continue eating it as if nothing happened? No. I can guarantee you that if kids knew where their food comes from, they would be upset that they’re eating a dead animal.

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Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
Caught this magical view recently, over the river on the way to church. I don’t think I’ve seen in person before such a stunning depiction of the water cycle in action.
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Cian McCarthy@arealmofwonder

"This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, sunset, dawn & gloaming, on sea & continents & islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." ~ John Muir

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Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
@Angela_Otwell Haha, I didn’t assume that. But interesting to consider overlapping interests and how to use those to make connections!
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Angela Micheli Otwell
Angela Micheli Otwell@Angela_Otwell·
@underbrightwing Not "competing" groups. I joined a group that went to restaurants and a group that put together meals for Ronald McDonald House once a month. I think I went to an outdoor "light hiking" group. In a small city like that, I tended to see the same people in a variety of groups.
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Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
@Angela_Otwell We found a group like this that meets 2+ hrs away! It’s such a gift, we go every 1-2mos, for yrs now. Those people are like family. For various reasons we haven’t started one in our city, though it’s on our radar. 1 reason is not knowing likeminded ppl to invite to begin with.
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Angela Micheli Otwell
Angela Micheli Otwell@Angela_Otwell·
@underbrightwing I was in a position (years ago and not where I live now) to start a "Creative Christians" group and advertise it on Meetup. I met a lot of people and also grew that little church a bit. Some of you might be in a position to do something similar -
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Ah! Bright Wings@underbrightwing·
@ClairedeLuned @paulbullard @KingAriPress Yes! I’m in the mid-south so definitely appreciate a higher level of Christian culture than in the west. But the trade off tends to be more closed-offness or just disinterest to arts/academics than I saw in the west. :/
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