New Title Added to Books at Schlegels

I stopped by Schlegel's this morning and the owner, Liz Corzine, was there. I mentioned that I had put a few books by Chesterton on the bookshelf, and she was OK with that. I also added Joseph Pearce's biography of Chesterton to the shelf. Who knows, someone else might be interested in this "Apostle of Common Sense"!

Selected G.K. Chesterton Titles at Schlegel's

In my continuing efforts to get Chillicotheans interested in G.K. Chesterton, I'm going to put seven of his less expensive paperback books on the bookshelf at Schlegel's. While I have not had this approved by Schlegel's owner, I suspect she will not object. All I ask is that the books be left at Schlegel's so that anyone wanting some light reading (except Orthodoxy) might have access to the books while they are enjoying a libation or one of Schlegel's delicious chicken salad croissants. Who knows, with the way things are going with the state budget, the books might not even be available in the Library. Finally, I've included my card in each book, so that if someone is interested in joining the Chillicothe Chesterton Society, they can get in touch with me.

Uncle Chestnut

In reviewing the Chesterton Fan Page on Facebook, I came across a post by Paul Nowak, an author and freelance writer. Paul has written and published a book: The Inconvenient Adventures of Uncle Chestnut. The book, written at the 6th grade level, introduces children to the writings of G. K. Chesterton. As Paul says on his web site, "Uncle Chestnut draws primarily from Chesterton’s Tremendous Trifles and teaches the value of seeing everyday obstacles as exciting and unique adventures." Interestingly, I just finished reading Tremendous Trifles, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Call from "G.K. Chesterton"

What a great day! I'm having one of my "retired" days, just playing on the Internet and avoiding mowing the lawn, and I get a call from G. K. Chesterton (Dr. Chuck Chalberg.) He called me thinking that the Chillicothe Chesterton Society might like to have him make a presentation as G. K. Chesterton sometime next year. I explained that the entire Chillicothe Chesterton Society consists of only me. I'm not having a lot of luck enticing folks to join. However, he is going to send me some info on his shows and I'll work with the local churches to see if we can generate some interest in having him stop down here to Chillicothe when he visits Mt. Vernon in April of next year. I'll be working very hard to make a visit from Chuck/G.K possible for next year. Here is Chuck's web site, History on Stage, if you'd like to check out all his talents. You can also hear Chuck on EWTN's Apostle of Common Sense, with Dale Ahlquist.

2009 Chesterton Conferfence T-Shirts

Yesterday I received the 2009 Chesterton Conference T-shirts I ordered. They were only made possible by the assistance of Ted Schulenderfritz, Gilbert Magazine's art director. He provided the art work to Valarie Hornyak of HIGHPoint Outfitters located in Vermilion, OH.

A very limited quantity should be available for purchase at the Conference in Seattle.

What's Wrong With The World?

Today I read an article in Catholic Online, which is also the source of the picture below. The title of the article is: Self Worship: The 'Sin of ME'. In reading the article, I thought of Chesterton's response to an invitation by The London Times to write an essay on the theme of "What's Wrong with the World?" Chesterton's response?

Dear Sirs,

I am.

Sincerely yours,

G. K. Chesterton

As noted in Wikipedia: "Typically, Chesterton here combined wit with a serious point - that of fallen human nature and humility."


The point of this post is to try to get you to read the Catholic Online article. For Chesterton purists, the "Quotemeister" at The American Chesterton Society has this to say about the validity of the "I am." quotation.