Sunday report

As I might have predicted, that "giving up tea" thing was a bust. In the words of Bertie Wooster, "until I have had my early cup of tea and have brooded on life for a bit absolutely undisturbed, I'm not much . . . for the merry chit-chat." (Or the merry anything, actually--it's my sole source of caffeine.) So, for the sake of my family, I've settled on one small cup a day, with a drop of milk and no sugar. For me, that's pretty austere.

If you're a fan of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters, I highly recommend this post over at Gaudium Dei: http://www.gaudiumdei.com/2012/02/priests-are-scary.html (I can't make the link work--must be something wrong with my computer. Paste it into your address bar.)

In fact, I highly recommend any post over at Gaudium Dei. Joseph Jablonski and David Birkdale are giving me hope for my generation with every new post. They're shrewd, funny and resourceful, and if there's any place on the internet you should be frequenting during Lent--in fact, during the entire Liturgical Year--it's their blog.

On a writerly note, this post is making me consider digging out a "Screwtape Letter" of my own that I wrote last year. Maybe I'll air it out on the blog one of these days.

Until next Sunday - God Bless.