getting out more 0 ▲ The Homebound Symphony 1 hour ago · 6 min read1198 words · Culture · hide I’m still on hiatus from online life, but I am returning for a moment to paste in the massage you see below, which was meant for my Buy Me a Coffee subscribers before I deleted that account. This old blog seems the best place for it. And indeed, it’s possible that when I end my sabbatical I will end up writing here after all: I still despise the WordPress interface and am profoundly annoyed by the “security measures” taken by Reclaim Hosting that prevents me from using MarsEdit as my blogging app, but my old system of posting longer pieces here and quotes-&-links at micro.blog was a pretty good system, and I may habe to resurrect it in some form. I’ve always had two tracks as a writer. On the one hand, I do my scholarly work within my particular field, which is essentially writers, artists, and intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century, especially but not only Christians, with a sideline in the movies and music of that era. And then the rest of my writing (blogging and the essays)… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town