April 2009
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Never heard of Andy Friedman, but titles like “Self-Portrait in White-Knuckle Death Grip” and “Guys Like Me Don’t Get Grants” sound pretty promising. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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I had to walk across campus just now, and it’s such an unbelievably beautiful day that I had to tell you about it. I don’t have my camera with me so I cut this patch out of another picture. Imagine the entire sky looking like this: Add green things, flowers, handsome architecture, a pleasantly cool…
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You could go here and read the Pope’s entire Easter message, but I was so struck by these passages that I want to repeat them here: Indeed, one of the questions that most preoccupies men and women is this: what is there after death? To this mystery today’s solemnity allows us to respond that death…
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This is another camellia. I had a picture of one back in February; at the time the plant was in a pot and the flower was a fallen one, but my wife has since planted the little bush and it bloomed again. Strictly speaking, this is not an Easter flower, as the picture is a…
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My parish church, St. Lawrence in Fairhope, Alabama, is a fairly typical middle-class American one. (There’s a link to the parish web site at the end of this post, where you can see some pictures.) As a building it is not the sort of church I like most, but it’s not bad for a contemporary…
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So I poured myself a drink and went down to the bay a little while ago to watch the sun set, something I haven’t done for several months—when the days are short it’s harder to find the time. I was immediately sorry that I hadn’t taken my camera, as there was a heron sitting on…
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…but if you happen to be within driving distance of Nassau Community College (New York), Thomas Storck will be speaking for distributism there tonight, on the stage with Michael Novak (for democratic capitalism) and Dr. Charles M.A. Clark (for democratic socialism). Should be interesting. I hope someone will put the audio, at least, online. Go…
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I’ve had this picture on my home page for a couple of weeks now and am about to replace it. I like it, and several people have told me they like it, but that page gets much less traffic than the blog, so I’m posting it here for everybody else. Also, when I remove something…
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I just started it yesterday (Flannery, by Brad Gooch). I’m coming to it pretty much without preconceptions—haven’t read any reviews or heard anyone talk about it beyond the fact that it exists. I’m a little concerned about how her faith is going to be treated, but so far (40 pages or so) it seems ok,…
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