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OUR COMMON HOME: What the Pope Said
I’m astonished by the Pope on so many levels. There is his proactive humility, his profound simplicity, his confident spirituality, and all served up to our little lost world in his mind-bogglingly perfect pitch. As both a lifelong friend of … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Carbon, Common Home, Earth Sciences, Encyclical, Environment, Filth, Global Warming, Laudato Sii, love, Pollution, Social Sciences, the Poor, Water
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Act Three: The Garden Tour at Waning Time
In the early weeks, exuberant, happy growth pours forth from the garden. (https://inpraiseofangels.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/the-garden-tour/) By midsummer, a spectral reveal takes over: the yellows and oranges of the early lilies demur to the mauves and pinks of hydrangeas that, in their own … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, beach, deck plantings, flowers, Gardening, gardens, landscapes, Monarch butterflies, Montauk daisies, nature
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God’s Kaleidoscope: Garden Tour – Midsummer
Yes, I know the summer has flown, but I did promise, when I posted my “early phase” Cedar House garden tour a few weeks back, that I would return with updates as the season progressed and our gardens grew in … Continue reading
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Tagged astilbes, Atlantic, beach, begonias, caladiums, day lilies, deck planting, elephant ears, Fire Island, flowers, Gardening, gardens, geraniums, hostas, hybiscus, hydrangeas, landscaping, mandevilla, petunias, pool deck, roses
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Day Lilies!
My penchant for day lilies is not hard to fathom, as they were one of Mama’s favorite flowers – she of the very green thumb – and we never moved anywhere that she did not, as one of her first … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, day lilies, flowers, Gardening, nature
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Happy Grandparents’ Day!
No morning passes that I don’t check to see what news may have sprouted from the Pope of Surprises, and today he surprised me again. As he ran down his weekly list of blessings during today’s Sunday morning talk from … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Dungeness, family, grandparents, grandparents day, recognition, self-sufficient farming
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Recipe: Cheese Grits Soufflé
Cheese Grits Soufflé. I guess it really is true that you can take the man out of ‘Bama but you can’t take ‘Bama out of the man. When you cook a big dinner for 10 hungry beachcombers every weekend, some … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, cooking, God the Father, Love, recipes
Tagged carbs, Cheese, cheese grits, cheese grits souffle, delicious, egg dishes, Grits, grits dishes, savory, souffle, souffles, starch
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A Boy’s Tale, Complete Part I, “The Wedding”
About A Boy’s Tale To my mind, one of history’s – especially Christian history’s – most under-appreciated personalities is Mark the Evangelist. Oh, we’ve heard of him well enough, but only as the author of the Gospel bearing his name. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Andrew, Apostle Peter, Apostles, Baptism of Christ, Cana, Christ, First Century Jerusalem, First Century Palestine, Herod Antipas, James Zebedee, Jesus, John Mark, John the Baptist, John Zebedee, Jordan River, Mark the Evangelist, Mary the mother of Jesus, wedding at Cana, Wine into Water, Zebedee
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 11
XI The rabbi raised his arms to Heaven and said an opening prayer in Hebrew, then switched to Aramaic as he turned to Abner and Rebecca, “Is this your daughter, whom you surrender on this day and in this place … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Andrew, Apostle Simon Peter, Cana, Celebration, Father in Heaven, First Miracle, James the brother of Jesus, Jesus, Mark the Evangelist, Mary the mother of Jesus, Miracles, Ruth the Sister of Jesus, Vintage, Water into Wine, wedding at Cana, Wedding Feast, Wines
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 10
X It was a beautiful day for a wedding, surely the harbinger of a happy feast. More like June than February, the sun was bright and warm, and the blue of the sky was deepened by just enough billowy clouds … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostles, Cana, Fiction, First Century Palestine, Gospel of Mark, Historical Fiction, Jesus, Joshua ben Joseph, Mark the Evangelist, Mary mother of Jesus, wedding at Cana
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 9
IX You would think, after our considerable time and effort, that all would have gone smoothly on our last full day of preparation, but that wouldn’t have factored in Aunt Martha. Somewhat prone to overcompensating for her non-existent shortcomings, she … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, Cana, fur trade, Galilee, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, horticulture, Jesus, John Mark, leather goods, Mark the Evangelist, Mary Mark, Palestine, wedding, wedding at Cana, Wine
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