A Figurative Message in a Bottle from One Manitoba Mennonite to Another
When I was a girl, maybe about eight years old, I dreamed of writing to somebody who was like me, far into the future. Thing […]
Erin’s Blog
Merry Christmas & thank you, from Mennotoba
Andrew tells me that I haven’t been the most faithful writer this year. I think he is correct. It seems like after a while, people […]
Messy notes & Conditions of Departure (Part 2)
Below is a continuation. Read part 1 here. I fell behind in my note-taking efforts. I never stood a chance but I enjoy trying. Unlike […]
My reaction to the Departing Canada conference (Part 1)
There are two things I enjoy a lot: people smarter than me, and niche studies of Mennonite stuff. This is why I literally book a […]
Reading Sofia Samatar’s “The White Mosque”
As we follow Samatar, following the band of travelers, deeper into this unfamiliar distant land, it all begins to feel a little Tolkien-esque. she describes “an atmosphere of wonder and terror”, and says the pilgrims had a “sense of weird, excessive experience”.