In 1926, on July 5th, President Calvin Coolidge gave a speech discussing the roots of the Declaration of Independence in the preaching and teaching within the American colonise, as well as the philosophical underpinnings. He talked about what American exceptionalism meant. You can find the whole discourse here. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-celebration-the-150th-anniversary-the-declaration-independence-philadelphia To me the money paragraph is [...]
The first problem to solve when writing about inkle looms is that auto correct always wants to change it to ankle. However, when actually using the loom that's not a problem. Inkle looms are used to make bands such as guitar straps or lanyards. Most looms can't go wider than three or four inches. I [...]
I wrote on Tuesday about this beautiful old church in Maryland. It had an upgrade to the windows in 2023. I don't know how much of the rest has changed -- I met someone who suggested that the tabernacle might be pretty old -- but I'm sure that the light from newly repurposed stained glass [...]
You might notice that the header image is reversed. I visited a church last week with that lovely stained glass over the door in the back. I couldn't get a picture, or even actually see the image very well from the inside of the church. When I went into the (very tiny) vestibule the light [...]
Lots of people probably saw this article but I still love it. https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/how-the-formula-1-pit-stop-has-saved-thousands-of-babies Basically, around 2001 doctors in neonatal intensive care units in London realized that they were losing babies after surgery to transfer procedures from the operating room to the intensive care unit. After watching a Formula 1 race in Italy they were impressed [...]
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