Kitty Reads Holiday Lit for Peace: Alphonse Daudet – The Pope’s Mule (Part 2) plus The Next Peacelands

This episode concludes the story begun in Episode 175! We return to 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 the final portion, where the long-awaited moment of truth arrives.

• Catch up: If you haven't heard the start of this tale, please go back one episode to Episode 175

Kitty O’Compost continues warming up for The Peace Experimentsthe forthcoming Peace Is Here series exploring peace, AI, and the 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 Reading list with links to the full stories: www.aviskalfsbeek.com/holiday
• Get the Avis’s books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com
• 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 onProject Gutenberg https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73621/pg73621-images.html

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

• Get Avis's books:AvisKalfsbeek.com
• 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

Kitty Reads Holiday Lit for Peace: Charles Dickens – The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton plus The Next Peacelands

This episode offers a lively seasonal reading from Charles Dickens’ 1836 tale The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton—a Christmas Eve story and an unmistakable early predecessor to A Christmas Carol. Kitty reads a short excerpt that highlights Dickens’ blend of humor, social conscience, and supernatural moral instruction.

Kitty O’Compost continues warming up for The Peace Experiments (Season Zero), 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 books: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com
• Contact Avis: Contact Me Here
• 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
• Dickens – The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton on Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/580