Arsenic, Old Lace, and Mennonites?
I’d seen Frank Capra’s classic Arsenic and Old Lace before, but Andrew recently purchased the Blu-Ray, so it was time for a re-watch. Andrew always insists […]
Books and Film
How to become a member of the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society (and subscribe to Heritage Posting)
I’ve often written about the value I see in subscribing to (and reading through) Preservings. But there’s another publication that I’ve found much value in, […]
Reading Sofia Samatar’s “The White Mosque”
As we follow Samatar, following the band of travelers, deeper into this unfamiliar distant land, it all begins to feel a little Tolkien-esque. she describes “an atmosphere of wonder and terror”, and says the pilgrims had a “sense of weird, excessive experience”.
Watching “Hazel’s People”
For a while there, at the Steinbach MCC thrift shop, anything that loosely had to do with Mennonites was thrown onto the shelves labeled “inspirational”, […]
Reading “For Elise”
For Elise fell into my hands. Now what? This is a thick book, and I have a tendency to relinquish focus and many books I […]