December 2012
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Good post for her feast day at The Three Prayers, with a couple of songs/hymns that you really should hear.
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I just did it again: referred to my iPod as a Walkman. And I was already over 30 when the Walkman appeared, or at least when I first heard about it. I remember a co-worker, some thirty years ago, painting an amusing picture of the nursing home of the future, full of decrepit hippies demanding…
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Some Pictures I had a very busy weekend which left me with no time to write about the thing I'd been thinking about in odd moments over the week. Such thoughts as I had were pretty disorganized and I'm not sure the whole thing, which had to do with the nature of adulthood in our…
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I'm a bit late with this, but: one at The Three Prayers and one at Castle in the Sea.
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And if you get confused, the way out is clearly marked. This is part of a planned shopping center development. As you can see from the wear on the paint, it stopped developing several years ago.
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Weekend Music I apologize for this. I really should post something Advent-related, and had thought I would look for something of that sort. But I haven't had time or mental space. And for reasons entirely unknown to me I've been wanting all day, starting shortly after I got out of bed, to hear Ella Fitzgerald…
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Everyone has something missing in life, something that has disappointed, something that does not measure up to a once-cherished hope, something that inhibits freedom, some burden that tires, some hunger that is never satisfied. People usually accomodate themselves to reduced expectations about life, especially as they get older. How else could they get through the…
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I finished that last movie post earlier than usual Sunday evening, and my wife and I decided, after determining that no interesting Masterpiece was showing on PBS, to watch another of the 100+ (yes, really) movies and other programs saved on the DVR. As it was almost 9, we really didn't want to sit there for two hours, so…
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Or at least your email is. I don't think this is exactly a break in my promise not to post about politics till after the New Year, because it's really beyond politics in the usual sense: an NSA whistleblower says everyone in the U.S. is under virtual surveillance. This is a Russian web site, and I…
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"Nun Uses Music to Convey Spirited Message Against the Vatican’s Rebuke"
Light On Dark Water 