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When beauty feels like loss
Something about Precious Blood's new icons, and the strange grace of uncomfortable change
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Dispatch from inside The Whale #1
In which the first Hollow Whale interview is announced, a prayer is requested, and gratitude is offered
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Pocket pilgrimage
A story of Vancouver rain, transit guilt, and the realization that hope is always an option
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A heart of stone
An essay on the moral life of dwarves and its effect on bedtime.
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Greetings from the belly of the whale
Having small children is one of those strange, near-universal experiences that feels almost impossible to describe.
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The four year old and the power drill
New beginnings and an introduction
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Masculine Metamorphosis
reflections on Male Catholic spirituality and satanic meddling
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The Hollow Whale
The Hollow Whale
Based in Vancouver, B.C. the Hollow whale publishes independent writing and photography focused on Catholic life and all that it entails. Plans to publish written interviews are in the works.
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