Harry Anderson - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.quakerranter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-qr-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Harry Anderson - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org 32 32 16720591 The sobriety of Barclay: games, sports, and comedies https://www.quakerranter.org/the-sobriety-of-barclay-games-sports-and-comedies/ https://www.quakerranter.org/the-sobriety-of-barclay-games-sports-and-comedies/#respond Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:29:20 +0000 http://www.quakerranter.org/?p=60647 The sobriety of Barclay: games, sports, and comedies

So here I am, reading detective novels, getting massages, listening to blues, and grieving the death of Harry Anderson. Are my recreations evidence of the degradation of society (or of Friends) in the centuries since Barclay? Or am I uniquely corrupt? Or is there a way I’m actually honoring his cautions despite the greater freedoms I claim in choosing ways to relax?

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