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December Wrap-Up (ft. an ER visit, a snake, and a very Merry Christmas)

December 29, 2023

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Good, Better, Best: Christmas Picture Books

December 22, 2023

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The Secret of Kells: The Importance of Art

December 15, 2023

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Look Down

December 08, 2023

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The Arranged Marriage Trope: My Thoughts Thereon

December 01, 2023

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Samantha: My name is Sam (short for Samantha or Samwise Gamgee, depending on who you ask. Either or neither may be my real-life name.) and I’m a book-loving Catholic college student.

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The Silmaril Awards 2023: Nominations Open!

Hello, y'all! I am THRILLED to be with you on a Monday in September, because you know what that means? TIME FOR THE SILMARILS! *cue the confetti* I am so honored to be able to host a Silmaril Award again this year! They are always an absolute blast, and definitely spice up my September! (Or at least, last year's Silmarils did. Hosting the Strangest Characters in my dorm room was a Whole Thing . I'm hoping this year's characters will be sliiiiiiightly better behaved, but I guess we'll find out.) In case you've never heard of these illustrious awards, and are wondering what the heck Samantha is freaking out about, the Silmaril awards are the equivalent of the Tonys or Oscars or Golden Globes...but for fantasy characters. Awarded by Tolkien's characters in multiple fantabulous awards ceremonies at the end of the month of September, each Silmaril honors a character in one of eleven categories. The best part? Y'all are the ones who get to nominate and vote

Oxford Ephemera (ft. authorial anecdotes)

“That sweet city with her dreaming spires/ She needs not June for beauty’s heightening.” – Matthew Arnold "The traffic lights winked at the Holywell Corner: Yes; No; Wait. Cat Street was crossed and the shadows of New College walls had swalled them up before she spoke." -- Gaudy Night Hello my peeps! Happy Easter! He is Risen! I just got back from Rome, which I will absolutely be telling you about soon but not yet because I'm currently travelling England with my family and will be for the next week or so, so you're going to have to get written-in-advance Sam this week and next week. #sorrynotsorry. So, because I'm not in a position to write about Rome, we're gonna talk more about Oxford! One of the coolest things about Oxford (besides all of the other cool things about Oxford, which is pretty much everything because Oxford y'all ) is how connected it is with Alls The Authors. Of course, you have the big three: Tolkien (as

Rome, Sweet Home (to rip off Scott Hahn a little bit)

(all photos in this post are copywrited by me) "Heart of Jesus, desire of the Eternal Hills, have mercy on us." --Litany of the Sacred Heart "It is truly right and just, with ardent love of mind and heart and with devoted service of our voice, to acclaim our God invisible, the almighty Father, and Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Son, his Only Begotten. Who for our sake paid Adam's debt to the eternal Father, and, pouring out his own dear Blood, wiped clean the record of our ancient sinfulness. These, then, are the feasts of Passover, in which is slain the Lamb, the one true Lamb, whose Blood anoints the doorposts of believers." --The Exultet of the Easter Vigil Hello lovely readers! And welcome back to the Sam-writes-posts-the-week-she-posts-them sort of vibe! I don't know if you're happy to be back to that, but there we are. Heck, I don't know if I'm happy to be back to that. But here we are. I've returned from my three weeks of travels and am

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