Maybe it’s an end of summer thing, but some of my favorite bloggers are calling it quits, or seriously considering doing so: Jack at Cantanima, Jennifer at Scandal of Particularity, and Caleb at Mode for Caleb. We can only admire them for their commitment to the more important things in life, while nevertheless hoping they will rise from the ashes, Marvin Lindsay-style, to blog again!

In the spirit of the circle of life I will note that I’ve just added two blogs to the links at the right that I’ve been checking out regularly for a while now: The Claw of the Conciliator, a wide-ranging blog covering religion, science fiction, and religious science fiction in addition to the usual blog fare, written by (I think) a Canadian Anglican and The Idle Ramblings of the LutherPunk, the musings of (I gather) a heavily tatooed Lutheran pastor with high-church leanings and a thing for Elvis.