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Studies in Words
Studies in Words by C. S. Lewis (Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, first published 1960) As I said previously ,...
sursumcorda, 20 November 2019 |
A Debt Is a Debt Is a Debt
Rick Steves' audio tours were a mainstay of our recent visit to Rome. They tend to be a bit flippant for my taste, and sometimes a bit...
Dream Job at the Zoo
How do you become Cake Baker to the Pandas at the National Zoo in Washington? You put in your time—a lot of time—as a...
Veterans Day 2019
I recently rediscovered this video from 2014. I loved it then, and I love it now. It was originally a Christmas commercial, but it's...
More on Stephen Hopkins
Who was Stephen Hopkins, the Mayflower passenger who is Porter's 10th great-grandfather ? To me he was just one name out of...
Et Tu, Quintilian?
The following quotation is from C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words . It's not a book aimed at the hoi polloi —those of us...
Happy Thanksgiving, Porter
It has been a long time coming. In our family, it began in 1911, with this letter written to Porter's grandmother, Mabel...
Ghosts of Hallowe'en Past
I love the fun and challenge of homemade Hallowe'en costumes. These range (not in order) from 1958 to 1989, and were chosen for the...
Psalm 22:21, Unicorns, and Girls
Psalm 22:21, New international Version (NIV) translation: Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the...
The Dirty Dozen
Today some of the world's craziest most dedicated cyclists are tackling Pittsburgh's Dirty Dozen bicycle race . I know about...
The Bible - The Apocrypha
It's funny how often when we react against something we nearly always throw the baby out with the bathwater. Having had my...
The Rithmatist
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, 2013) I was hoping to have another Brother Cadfael book for my Sabbath...
Rome in the Morning
As I've written before, we enjoy watching Rick Steves ' television shows about travel, and make extensive use of his guidebooks when...
Church History
Our Church History class has resumed: we have moved on to Volume 2 of Justo L. Gonzales' The Story of Christianity . The books are...
Going to Church in Switzerland
When visiting Rome, we prayed in far more churches that I can possibly remember, from the incredible St. Peter's Basilica in the...
Published
Hey, Eric ! Look what I found in the Summer 2019 issue of American Ancestors ! I haven't had a cartoon published since...
People-Watching
When it comes to travel, I'm a huge fan of Rick Steves . Not of his politics, but if you avoid his more informal, off-the-cuff...
The Feast of St Francis of Assisi
How many Anglo-Catholic snake-handling churches do you know? Once a year we let our wild side show. This was at our...
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...
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 ....