Category Archives: Angels

A Burning of Stories, Part I

Posted on August 29, 2017 by ganid11

Good afternoon, everyone. My apologies for being so long away from this blog, but I have the best excuse ever. Our house burned down. Yes, that house. Cedar House. The one from which so much of this blog has sprung. … Continue reading →

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Mama’s Butterscotch Pie

Posted on April 6, 2017 by ganid11

The main reason I decided to take up cooking for myself  – many years ago – was purely selfish: I wanted to taste again all the wonderful foods that Mama had been so good at producing, and, given that she … Continue reading →

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A Word, if You Will, about My “Gone too Soon” Profiles

Posted on March 9, 2017 by ganid11

[Dumbledore says, in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.” Which is why, perhaps, I have found this such a difficult piece to write. No magician … Continue reading →

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The Love of God: Diamonds in the Rough (Fourth Annual Posting)

Posted on February 21, 2017 by ganid11

“We have nothing, if not belief.” – Sir Reepicheep, Chief Mouse of Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis) “Do the arithmetic or be doomed to talk nonsense.” – John McCarthy, A.I. trailblazer [1] We are the uncut diamonds … Continue reading →

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The Flow of God: Living Water (Fourth Annual Posting)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by ganid11

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God…” – Revelation 22:1 This post is surely my most presumptuous, but perhaps the most important. It is perfectly possible … Continue reading →

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The Family of God: Uncle Jesus

Posted on January 29, 2017 by ganid11

[Note to my readers: If I am presumptuous enough to write a blog honoring angels, then it behooves me to periodically lay out for you exactly what I believe; what my religious inclinations are. Which is why I annually repost … Continue reading →

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TBT/GTS#3: Peter Frazer, MD – A Life Redeemed

Posted on December 3, 2016 by ganid11

December 1, 2016 – I didn’t really plan to post this on World AIDS Day. It just turned out that way, but I can’t think of a more appropriate time for this story or a more appropriate tale for this … Continue reading →

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#dollyofanothercolor

Posted on November 26, 2016 by ganid11

I’ll make this very brief. I was heading downtown on the subway today and sitting right across from me was a little Asian girl about five years old who was clearly in love with her new plaything, a beautiful African-American … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Green Bean Casserole Made Fresh (No Cans!)

Posted on November 24, 2016 by ganid11

I agreed during the summer to publish this recipe, but what with life and such, I never actually did. I was reminded of it when I heard someone yesterday on the radio talking about what they were having for Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to the President-Elect

Posted on November 19, 2016 by ganid11

“I have often … in the course of the session … looked at that sun behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know it … Continue reading →

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