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Angels
Last Sunday, our church celebrated the Feast of Michael and All Angels. Also known, it turns out, as Michaelmas, a term I had only...
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Jessye Norman, and Her Carol
Jessye Norman has taken her voice to a higher choir. In memoriam I offer two versions of one of my favorite choir anthems, Donald...
September - No Books?
Since 2010 I have kept a list of the books I've read each year. It began as a New Year's resolution , when I...
The Message (Bible Version)
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language by Eugene H. Peterson (Navpress, 2002) It's my habit to read...
TSA Service
The life of a Transportation Security Administration inspector is not an easy one. I had packed my suitcase efficiently and well,...
Irresistible
What do you do when you're hiking along in Switzerland and a big Bernese Mountain dog runs up to you, leans against your leg, and sits...
Ahh, Milk!
Ramblings inspired by a glass of milk: America, the land of Liberty. New Hampshire, the state with the motto, Live Free or Die ....
A Promising, Practical Use for Artificial Intelligence
Promising, practical ... and, as with so many applications of massive data collection and analysis, maybe a little perturbing. This post...
Recasting the Past
Recasting the Past: The Middle Ages in Young Adult Literature by Rebecca Barnhouse (Boynton/Cook, 2000) This was...
Innovation
I posted the following back in 2011, and its message is just as vital today. Unfortunately, the link to the Occasional CEO...
Waiting for Dorian
There is something in the very presence and actuality of a thing to make one able to bear it; but a man may weaken himself for...
Rizzoli & Isles
On a whim—or more accurately, a teaser from my sister-in-law—I put the show Rizzoli & Isles on our Netflix...
Whistling in the Dark
While praying and working with Dorian taking aim right at us, it is impossible to resist some musical jokes about current events. Dorian...
Spicy Chicken Sandwiches
Overall, I'm a big fan of Chick-fil-A. It's the exception to our policy of not eating fast food except when travelling, and even then...
William Stoddard Wightman
Porter is now the patriarch of our family. His father died last week, at the good age of 92. We are thankful that he did not...
Lunch Despotism in Italy
The school lunchbox is dead in Italy. The Italian Supreme Court has ruled against parents who want to send lunch to school with...
Smoke on the Mountain
Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments by Joy Davidman (The Westminster Press, 1953) I...
Ruminations on Back to School
People on Facebook and elsewhere have been wishing Florida students "happy first day of school." Leaving aside that I agree with C. S....
A Taste for Vulgarity and Sensationalism
I can hardly regret having escaped the appalling waste of time and spirit which would have been involved in reading the war news or...
Decisive
Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Crown Business, 2013) This book...
Flying on Your Own Two Feet
The jetpacks of science fiction are closer to reality ! It may not be the most comfortable way to get from England to France,...
Facts Don't Change Our Minds - Friendship Does
I read a satirical article recently in which someone from Political Group A wrote as if he were from Political Group B. Except for the...
How Strangely the Mind Works
I never fail to get a kick out of the way my mind has a mind of its own. There are things I know that I don't know I know, tucked away...
The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael
A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters (Little, Brown, first published 1977)...
Yesterday's Falcon Launch and First Stage Landing
We couldn't see yesterday's Falcon 9 launch from home this time, due to clouds between us and the coast. We did catch the first stage...