The Sesquipedalian Speaks

  • On How To Be An Introvert 101

    Welcome to the introvert side of the spectrum! Perhaps you are here by force due to unexpected circumstances, or perhaps you are generally curious about what it means to be an introvert and exhibit introverted behaviours. Look no further! The following guidelines will help you in your understanding and your quest in Becoming an Introvert.… Read more

  • On March Reading Life – 2020

    March always brings with it the promise of longer days, greenery, birdsong, and helps me perk up from dreary February. Below are recommendations (which may include spoilers) of some of the books I’ve been reading this month: Book Girl, by Sarah Clarkson – Part autobiographical, part book lists, this work helps the reader understand the… Read more

  • On Psalm 23

    These verses do not say we will have no trials with God as our Shepherd; they say He will lead us through them and bring us to rest with Him. These verses do not say fear is an illusion; they say we are to not give in to fear because He is with us. These… Read more

  • On Worry

    In His Word, God adjures us to daily trust Him, to rely on Him, to place Him in the forefront of our minds as our Sovereign Creator, Redeemer, Prophet, Priest, and King. So, why do so many of us still worry? For my own part, worry cajoles me into a false truth and a false… Read more

  • On Adventuring

    I have done my share of adventuring, and I am sure there will be more of it, but I much prefer my little Hobbit hole and my Green Gables to Neverland and Wonderland. I am not Wendy. I am not Eilonwy, Alice, Hermione, or Anne. I wish I could be. I wish I had that… Read more

  • On Lent – 2020

    I’ve never really participated in Lent. Growing up I understood the basics of Lent and wondered why I hadn’t been raised to celebrate it. I didn’t grow up in a liturgical church setting. The older I’ve become, however, the more the liturgy seems to me a worthwhile concept. A few years ago I went to… Read more

  • On February Reading Life – 2020

    Although it has the fewest days, February has always felt like the longest month to me. Below are recommendations (which may include spoilers) of some of the books I’ve been reading this month: The Great Divorce, by C. S. Lewis – In this book, Lewis imagines what it might be like if the souls in… Read more

  • On Laundry

    Ah, yes; that time of the week most people dread – laundry day. There are some who find it much easier to tackle laundry in little bits, say a load a day, whilst there are others who find it much more agreeable to let it all pile up, wear those loose sweatpants and that faded… Read more

  • On Succulents And Literature

    I do not have what some might refer to as a ‘green thumb.’ My one foray into keeping an Aloe vera plant alive resulted in said succulent having a rather shortened life span. Despite this small setback (which lasted about five years), I decided to bring home a new succulent and try again. The new… Read more

  • On The Introvert’s Book Clubs

    I’m a re-reader. One of the things I enjoy about reading a book more than once is that it usually opens my eyes to things I did not perceive the first time I perused a written work, be it fiction or non-fiction. I also enjoy hearing other’s opinions of stories – what they liked or… Read more