To Dabble or Not to Dabble

April 1st, 2026 | 8 min read

Karen Walrond. In Defense of Dabbling: The Brilliance of Being a Total Amateur. Broadleaf Books, 2025. $27.99. 211 pp.

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Nathaniel Marshall

Nathaniel Marshall is a seminarian at Cranmer Theological House (Dallas, TX), a Postulant to Holy Orders in the Reformed Episcopal Church, and an Oblate of St. Benedict with St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, MN. He has worked as a child actor, a Disneyland tour guide, and for over a decade as a plumber. He lives very happily with his wife, two daughters, two cats, and eight chickens in the suburbs north of Atlanta, GA.

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To Dabble or Not to Dabble

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