Bare Witness
A blogpost about bad luck in summer and the virtues of comedy in bearing witness to our times by baring the truth. By Andrea LeDew.
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At the Pleasure
A new meaning for the phrase, to serve at the pleasure of the president, which will make West Wing fans quake in their boots.
Muse en Place: A Writer’s Toolkit
Playing on the phrase Mise en Place, this essay discusses what items an author should keep on the ready for inspiration by the Muse.
Of Prime Ministers and Poets
This essay deals with the prickly nature of criticism and how best we should deal with it, whether we are prime ministers or poets.
Florid: In Defense of Flowery Language
This essay defends the practice of putting abundant description or flowery language in fiction, and decries the modern tendency to issue rules that result in paring down our writing to within an inch of its life.
In the Company of Books
This essay talks about the joys of surrounding yourself with physical books, and the pangs of parting with them.
The Blue and White Garden
This essay rambles on about gardens, china patterns and the disadvantages of passive-aggressive behavior, in the face of action.
Motherhood and Books
An essay about motherhood and the books we read along the way.
Our Stems Are Fragile
A blogpost about our family's introduction to disability and how it affected our homeschool. Written in 2016 by Andrea LeDew. Art print by Madelaine LeDew.