... About eight years ago I had a lovely swirl of fiber to spin. It was very similar to this picture. I was a relatively new spinner at the time and hadn't fully internalized the idea that if I just started spinning this pretty stuff it would turn to a mud-color. However, it became obvious [...]
Okay, we celebrated this feast on Sunday, January 11. It is more or less assigned to January 13, but celebrated on the Sunday following the feast of the Epiphany, which is January 6 but moved to the first Sunday in January. Also oddly, the Feast of the Epiphany is considered to be a celebration of [...]
Today is the feast of Saint Adrian of Canterbury. He was a gentle scholar who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Saint Vitalian. He refused the honor but ended up working in Canterbury running schools and educating monks in Latin and Greek. He is said to have died around 710 A.D. I had never [...]
The Three Kings Tell Herod of Christ's Birth. Etching. 1549. Augustin Hirschvogel. National Gallery of Art. Public domain. I made Split Pea Soup to celebrate. I used the bone from our Christmas ham, a 16 oz bag of split peas, carefully rinsed, and bought several months ago because around here you can't buy split peas [...]
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 [...]
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