Category Archives: Reflections

“Obsessive, Compulsive” single release by Moment of Eclipse

Posted on October 23, 2020 by

I  know this is a bit of a departure, but it is Friday and a good day to go casual. I wanted to share with you, dear readers, my son’s first song release. Nicolas has been writing for a couple … Continue reading →

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I Won the 2020 Elizabeth R. Epperly Award for Outstanding Early Career Paper!

Posted on October 5, 2020 by

This is good news! Over the weekend, it was announced that I am the recipient of the 2020 Elizabeth R.  Epperly Award for Outstanding Early Career Paper for my paper, “Making Friends with the Darkness: L.M. Montgomery’s Popular Theodicy in … Continue reading →

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The Great Commandments Which All Vampires Must Obey, by Anne Rice

Posted on September 15, 2020 by

Richard Matheson’s 1954 novella, I Am Legend–a brilliant story that I am rereading now–is an important vampire tale that follows the great classic film interpretations, but it really is the earnest literary beginning of the zombie genre. And there are … Continue reading →

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Wake Me Up When September Comes: A Note on Teaching this Fall

Posted on August 31, 2020 by

Summer has come and passed, at least here in Prince Edward Island. As the unofficial farmer’s almanac committee that have their meetings at the Tim Horton’s gauge it, our PEI summer typically breaks on the Gold Cup & Saucer weekend. … Continue reading →

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Anne of Green Gable’s Day at the Exhibition in Charlottetown (in Memory of Old Home Week)

Posted on August 22, 2020 by

Tonight is the night for the famous Gold Cup & Saucer race in Charlottetown. Every summer, the stands at the track are packed with racing fans following a week of races and the Exhibition–everything you can imagine in a town fair. … Continue reading →

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L.M. Montgomery, the Radio, and Nostalgia in the Podcast Age

Posted on July 7, 2020 by

This is a piece of writing I have been working on this spring. I even managed to pull in J.R.R. Tolkien on this reflection, and had to restrain myself there. The way writers of the post-WWI age both resisted technological … Continue reading →

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The MaudCast S01E02: Laura Leden and Nordic Translations of L.M. Montgomery #LMMI2020

Posted on June 25, 2020 by

I’m pleased to post the second episode of the MaudCast, the podcast of the L.M. Montgomery Institute. In the MaudCast’s quest to discover innovative scholarship about the life and works of Lucy Maud Montgomery, we welcome to the microphone leading academics, … Continue reading →

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The World as a “Vale of Soul-Making”: A Brief Note on John Keats, C.S. Lewis, and L.M. Montgomery

Posted on May 21, 2020 by

There is a stunning moment in L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valley that continues to itch at my mind. I know that Anne of Green Gables is so filled with life and light that it is hard to ignore, and that Montgomery‘s Emily of New … Continue reading →

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Charles Williams’ Arthurian Apocalypse: Thoughts on “The Son of Lancelot” (Throwback Thursday, republished from The Oddest Inkling)

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

At A Pilgrim in Narnia we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This … Continue reading →

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The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life with C.S. Lewis (75th Anniversary)

Posted on April 12, 2020 by

On this Holy week near the close of WWII, C.S. Lewis preached a sermon called “The Grand Miracle” at St. Jude on the Hill Church in London. The talk was published two weeks later in The Guardian–following the last episode … Continue reading →

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