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Yesterday evening, during the rain, which we really needed, not having had any for several weeks. The wind chime looks so bright because the porch light was on. The camera never catches rain like I want it to, but you can see some faint vertical streaks. And it's still raining.It's actually rather dark right now,…
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Francesca mentioned this a couple of days ago. I was at work and couldn't read it at the time. The next day I remembered that I had seen a mention of a good piece by Hart, but I couldn't remember where. Happily, I came across it again today. Anyway: no one need bother pointing out…
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I’ve just been down at the bay looking at the moonlight on the water. I think I will never in this world stop wanting to possess beauty—I mean not just to behold it, but to keep it, forever. Only in extinction or in heaven will I cease to dread loss.
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Where God is at work, the devil is not idle. When you try over a period to correct yourself on a particular point, do not be surprised if you have to submit to violent temptations on that very point, even to repeated falls. The important thing is never to admit that you are beaten. Fight…
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Don’t read them.
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Exquisite Japanese Madonnas. (Hat tip to Clare).
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Weekend Music The album from which this song is taken, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, totally rules, though it may not sound like much if you're not hearing it at decent volume through decent speakers or headphones. And this amateur video is good, and appropriate, and, I should warn you, possibly a…
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Is this funny or sad?
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That would be a charitable explanation for this bizarre statement: "Yet here [in the Catholic Church] is an ancient Christian church that deals in awful certainties when it comes to outright condemnation of sins like divorce, abortion, contraception, and homosexuality between consenting adults. For these offenses there is no forgiveness, and moral absolutism is invoked."…
Light On Dark Water 