Archive - The Commonplace

5 Quick Things #422 👋

summertime Lent, try new things, a matching priest, & just do stuff

16 hrs ago • Tsh Oxenreider

Do the Boring, Ordinary, Right-There Things

or, embrace the Took side as much (if not more) than the Baggins

Aug 19 • Tsh Oxenreider

5 Quick Things #421 🏋️‍♂️

Jane’s table, education gaps, k-rations, & seven movements

Aug 14 • Tsh Oxenreider

Book Chat: August '26 📚

…in the transition from summer to autumn reading

Aug 11 • Tsh Oxenreider

5 Quick Things #420 ☀️

a short screen break, merino wool, a prayer of trust, & ordinary life

Aug 7 • Tsh Oxenreider

From the Highlands to Tuscany… 🥃🍷

words never suffice

Aug 5 • Tsh Oxenreider

July 2026

5 Quick Things #419 🪕

conversion, movies, banjos, & not neglecting your own life

Jul 17 • Tsh Oxenreider

5 Quick Things #418 🍫

rootedness, symbols, terrible chocolate, and remembering to play

Jul 10 • Tsh Oxenreider

Book Chat: July '26 📚

the peak of summer reading...

Jul 6 • Tsh Oxenreider

5 Quick Things #417 🧨

old restaurants, movies, strawberry ice cream, & patriotism

Jul 3 • Tsh Oxenreider

June 2026

5 Quick Things #416 ☀️

Roots, immaturity, embracing the heat, & nothing new under the sun

Jun 26 • Tsh Oxenreider

5 Quick Things #415 🐝

live near your friends, don’t be weird, take cool photos, & America’s Homer

Jun 19 • Tsh Oxenreider

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