In between fixing recalcitrant computers and answering my phone, I've been reading some great stuff on other blogs. BTW, I use Bradbury Software's excellent Feed Demon to collect the latest posts. Much faster than clicking down through a list of bookmarks. Julana writes at Life in the Slow Lane. ... Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2004 By
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming as men of old have sung.It came, a floweret bright, amid the cold of winter, when half-gone was the night.Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the rose I have in mind; With Mary we behold it, the virgin mother ... Continue reading
The Virgin and the King
December 14, 2004 By 4 Comments
Elvis Nabbed In Poughkeepsie Soup Kitchen. Warns cops: Don't step on my blue suede shoes! —Recent headline seen in the National Disquieter In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married ... Continue reading
Exmas and Crissmas
December 9, 2004 By
And beyond this there lies in the ocean ... the island of Niatirb which Hecataeus indeed declares to be the same size and shape as Sicily, but it is larger, though in calling it triangular a man would not miss the mark. It is densely inhabited by men who wear clothes not very different from the ... Continue reading
Strange visitations: Chimneys and mangers
December 21, 2003 By Leave a Comment
It was December, the fields had been blanketed with winter's first snow, and our teacher was having trouble keeping our minds off of toys and vacation and snowball fights. Christmas was fast approaching, but I was bummed. Why? We didn't have a chimney.Not only that, but after a careful survey of ... Continue reading
