{"id":4524,"date":"2021-01-20T17:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T17:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=4524"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:44:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:44:25","slug":"another-wednesday-reading-wondering-and-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/another-wednesday-reading-wondering-and-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Wednesday: Reading, Wondering and Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Wednesday is one of my ‘busy’ days.<\/p>\n

Busy, by the standards of some retired guy living in central Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Monday was a ‘busy’ day this week, too: thanks to an appointment at the eye clinic Monday morning. My task glasses’ frame needed fixing.<\/p>\n

I needed an appointment to get in. They’re open, and dealing with pandemic realities by keeping the doors locked and having folks make appointments for routine and not-so-routine visits.<\/p>\n

This afternoon, I plan to be at the Eucharistic Adoration chapel, for my weekly hour.<\/p>\n

That makes today ‘busy,’ by my standards, since my weekly hour at the chapel bisects the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Afternoons are when I usually get most of my writing done, and any<\/strong> interruption of routine can affect whether, how much, and how long I write. And whether what I write survives the next day’s review.<\/p>\n

But I won’t get much of anything done if I keep writing this. So I’ll add my usual related-and-otherwise link list of other stuff I’ve written, and stop. For now.<\/p>\n

BUT FIRST. I nearly forgot.<\/p>\n

My current\/today’s writing project is the second of a series of essays about Christopher Marlowe’s “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.”<\/p>\n

Good grief, that’s a long title. No wonder most folks these days call it “Faustus.” Or, like me, possibly because I’m on the wordy side, “Dr. Faustus.”<\/p>\n

My working title for the next ‘Faustus’ essay is “Dr. Faustus: World’s. Worst. Negotiator.”<\/p>\n

Enough! Here’s that inevitable link list:<\/p>\n