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Chateau Love Revisited
I've featured the new vlog Chateau Love in a previous review , but after thirteen episodes, I've realized something important....
sursumcorda, 8 August 2021 |
There's Orange Juice, and There's Living in Florida
The juice on the right is fabulous Florida orange juice, unhomogenized, unpasteurized, unadulterated in any way. Although it did...
Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don ' t Know by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Co,...
Another Early Morning Visitor
Ever since our ursine visitor came, I've been a little more cautious when investigating noises in the dark. Especially since I...
Swiss Arm Knife
Did you know that landlocked Switzerland has a navy? Or at least they did in World War II; I saw some of their boats in a museum. Here's...
Vaccine Nonsense
If you really want people not to act stupidly, it might be better not to shout continually to them and all the world how stupid they...
Putting Action to Words
My favorite Canadian lawyer, the one who always says, "Politics ruins everything," is now running for Parliament (15 minutes)....
Fun on the Playground
Our grandchildren's community/elementary school playground was recently updated. There was nothing obviously wrong with the old...
My Annual Thanksgiving to God and Willis Carrier
It's 88 degrees outside at the moment, which is actually quite moderate for mid-day, mid-July in Florida. Still, it's ten degrees cooler...
Penzey's Cup Self-Destructs
Despite My Rocky Relationship with Penzeys Spices , I hold no grudge against the Penzey's mugs I've acquired over the years....
Say What?
One of our absolutely favorite local art museums is planning to expand, as explained in the following excerpt from a sign on their...
Human Trafficking Discussion
I have no illusions that many of my readers will watch this video . Maybe no one at all. It's two hours long, and few of us have two...
Frederick Douglass Today
Liberty is meaningless when the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the...
Independence Day Is Three Days This Year
I LOVE the Independence Day parade and festivities in Geneva, Florida. I've written about it many times. We were small in numbers this...
Heroes May Fall, but Justice Must Stand
Are you shocked that Bill Cosby is now free? I was, but now that I know more about the circumstances, I'd be shocked if he weren't....
Morality, the Church, and the World
Memes are today's proverbs: None is perfect for every situation, but good ones speak truth clearly and efficiently. This is a good...
Wildlife in the Morning
I love sitting on our back porch in the early morning. It's usually dark when I come out, and at first my only company is the insects...
YouTube Channel Discoveries - How to Cook That
I love cooking shows. Most of them are on cable television, which we have never had and I hope will never feel the need to have, but...
When You Have 150 Hours to Make a Cake
Or 20 minutes to watch a video . This feels more like a Japanese tea ceremony than baking.
Making the Joyful Choice, Part 3
Part 1 of the visit of our Swiss family is here , part 2 here . At last, Christmas drew near, and we focussed our activities nearer...
Flag Day 2021
I Identify as Vaccinated
Since it changed hands, I haven't found the Babylon Bee as interesting as it used to be. Or maybe Facebook has only been showing me...
Return of the Swallowtails
Butterflies don't look back at the caterpillar with shame. Stop looking at your past with shame. It was a transformation and it...
Using the Courts as a Hammer
I'm guessing not many of my busy blog readers will find it a worthwhile use of 14 minutes to see the latest Viva Frei video , about...
Courage
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point. — C. S. Lewis, in The...