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Christmas in Middle Earth
It is Epiphany. The Twelve Days of the Christmas Season are ended. And yet I will honor their departure with one more Christmas...
sursumcorda, 6 January 2026 |
Books Read in 2025
In 2025 I read 35 books, among my lowest annual totals and less than half 2024's count. I know of no particular reason for that, unless...
Accidental Lies and the Best of Intentions
There are Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics. Here's a very interesting, 14-minute video that sheds light on one reason Americans...
The Salisbury Organist - Coventry Carol
As I've mentioned before, a great advantage of being in a denomination that celebrates the Church Year is that Christmas is not just one...
The Joys of Plumbing, Summer Camp Edition
'Way back in the 1980's, my family enjoyed spending time with good friends who owned a summer camp on a lake in Vermont. The following...
Christmas Eve 2025
It's Christmas Eve, and I have many things to say but no time to write. Instead, I offer this beautiful King's College Choir rendition...
To Face the Fear
“Afraid of heights?” Helmer asked. “Perfect. You really are a mixed-up lad. You come here full of defiance and...
Sing We Now of Christmas
We have so many wonderful Christmas albums, collected for well over half a century, many wonderful, wonderful works reaching from...
Changing Case in Windows Filenames
You may already know this. I didn't, so I'm putting it here so I can find it again. This is the situation in Windows 10; I don't know...
Height in Square Meters
Fun fact: Here's part of an AI-generated answer to a question involving the Body Mass Index. Question: If I could figure out how...
Hammered Dulcimer, Irish Music, and Les Mis!
A modern song based on a 19th-century French novel played in the style of Irish music on a hammered dulcimer! Unfortunately, it's a...
If I Owned a Honda Odyssey
Heather reported seeing this awesome car/bumper sticker combination in the Walmart parking lot. Who says Walmart customers are...
Thanksgiving Broth Win
This Thanksgiving we did not have turkey. A guest provided a ham, so a turkey would have been 'way too much food. So I...
Autism Is Not a Spectrum
What do you picture when you hear autism called a "spectrum"? I think of a linear scale, the kind you see in so many surveys, such as...
More Generous than God?
Forevergreen
Forevergreen is a new, short, animated film. I know nothing about it except that a friend recommended it, and I found it...
Growing Up with Engineers
I had an idyllic childhood. Not perfect, but as close to that as anyone I know. And one of the best parts, I now realize, was growing up...
Worm Experiment Update
As I wrote in Let the Worms Decide , I decided to do my own experiment on what our composting worms think of junk food. I...
Short Grace Update
Grace is getting an MRI, and ECG, and bloodwork (including thyroid) tomorrow morning at Dartmouth. I'm not sure how much the...
Let the Worms Decide
" Let the Worms Decide " is an Epoch Times article that caught my eye first because of the author, Joel Salatin , and...
As Florida Prepares for a New Influx of Refugees
After spotting this image on Facebook, I tracked it down to (I think) the creator: "Catturd" on X, made using Grok. The...
"Gifted" Is an Understatement
Working my way through my father's vast collection of writings, I occasionally find a gem I wish to share. (Okay, so "vast" is a...
Back in Sync
Ahhhhh. My mind and body are once again aligned with Nature.
Reading 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
It often pays to find the story behind the headline—or the social media post. The Facebook blurb from our local library was...
Another Bizarre Proof-of-Age Story
Although I don't agree completely with the practice, I'm more inclined to keep teens away from alcoholic beverages than from vegetable...