Kitty Reads Holiday Lit for Peace: Alphonse Daudet – “The Pope’s Mule” (Part 1) plus The Next Peacelands

This episode features a holiday reading from Alphonse Daudet’s classic short story The Pope’s Mule—a charming, historic satire about pride, patience, and delayed revenge set during the Christmas season in Avignon, France. Kitty reads an excerpt that highlights Daudet’s light touch and his talent for character-driven humor.

Kitty O’Compost continues warming up for The Peace Experiments the forthcoming Peace Is Here series exploring peace, AI, and the cultural commons.

For this special holiday edition of The Next Peacelands, Avis Kalfsbeek changes her focus from the factual grounding of warzones and arms suppliers to highlight the spiritual organizations and networks actively building peace around the world.

Get the Winter Holiday Stories Reading list with links to the full stories: www.aviskalfsbeek.com/holiday

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• Music:“The Red Kite” by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez
  • Bandcamp:https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com
  • Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW
• Intro Music:PulseBox on Pixabay
• Upcoming series:The Peace Experiments (
• Alphonse Daudet – “The Pope’s Mule” on Project Gutenberg https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73621/pg73621-images.html