Long ago when I visited New Hampshire and climbed the mountain known as South Pack Monadnock I watched chipmunks run around on the rocks there. Chipmunks often run in a straight line, and then suddenly turn 90º and dart in the new direction for a bit. Rinse and repeat. That’s my brain this morning. For example, [...]
This is Saint Thomas the Apostle church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It's part of the Diocese of Lansing and is the oldest Catholic parish in Ann Arbor. The church was built in the late 1800's but the ceiling paintings may be very recent. I love the blue arch above the tabernacle. There are rose windows [...]
Some wonderful eye candy... for Saint Wenceslaus whose feast is in September but who is the subject of the song, Good King Wenceslaus! https://churchwonders.com/st-wenceslaus-church-wahoo-ne/ And a beautiful Christmas quote from Sigrid Undset (Christmas and Twelfth Night) "And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us [...]
I am still entering the last of the edits a very lovely person did for me. About 900 wandering commas need to be fixed and I don't seem able to do more than 100 at a time. Also, I lost track of various doctor appointments today so I am about out of time. However! Sunday [...]
Saint Albert the Great whose Feast Day is tomorrow, November 15, studied the natural world and wrote extensively about his findings. He said, "In studying nature we have not to inquire how God the Creator may, as He freely wills, use His creatures to work miracles and thereby show forth His power: we have rather [...]
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