tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00DarwinCatholicDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger21947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-55024129137180330472024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:002024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Quaere: Should we affirm, or deny,
That our Saviou...Quaere: Should we affirm, or deny,<br />That our Saviour knew about pi?<br />(Though beyond all contention,<br />Ever since His ascension,<br />He knows about pi in the sky.)Bob the Apehttps://www.robertwenson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-2749091084623500362024-03-13T01:23:04.243-04:002024-03-13T01:23:04.243-04:00There are a number of older books I've looked ...There are a number of older books I've looked for and can't find for a decent price, but now I can't think of what they were! Elizabeth Goudge? Emily J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01132106976424535611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-47133462256358702812024-03-02T16:47:00.845-05:002024-03-02T16:47:00.845-05:00I’m afraid the only cheap self-published classic I...I’m afraid the only cheap self-published classic I got snookered into buying recently was in French, Albert Camus’s “La Peste.” I think it had a moment in 2020.bearinghttp://arlinghaus.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-52391695247012203602024-02-23T06:22:47.610-05:002024-02-23T06:22:47.610-05:00The. Ins and outs of keeping on with personal deci...The. Ins and outs of keeping on with personal decisions, whether it is morning prayers all the time or fasting; and this mirrors life. As you have noticed, the sudden feeling of desire for something sweet and a few minutes later being caught with a hand in the jar has made me realise that human beings are emotional creatures.<br /><br />To promote balance and wellness, think about checking <a href="https://www.ritecoupons.com/stores/vercaa.com" rel="nofollow">Vercaa Coupon Codes</a> which provide access to special deals on health products. In order for one’s Lenten journey to sustain them both spiritually and physically Vercaa offers an array of goods that accommodate whole-person health.Isabella Fanadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198467560423433414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-47471084147006907202024-02-23T06:16:37.039-05:002024-02-23T06:16:37.039-05:00The story you tell, in an interesting and funny wa...The story you tell, in an interesting and funny way, about your efforts to post amid the interruptions of everyday life is very engaging. Many readers can identify with the randomness of emergencies, family duties and constant balancing.<br /><br />In a related but parallel sense, one can see why <a href="https://www.ritewaytowingnyc.com/roadside-assistance" rel="nofollow">towing in new york city</a> is essential when it comes to unanticipated experiences on streets. The link is found in dealing with such obstructions as disruptions and unforeseen circumstances that either take place within families or have something to do with daily realities.Frank Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296185069804256664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-48537018782540646382024-02-18T14:57:25.892-05:002024-02-18T14:57:25.892-05:00"The Music Man" is a show I will often s..."The Music Man" is a show I will often say is my all-time favorite, depending on my mood, and it is certainly high on my list.<br /><br />Willson also wrote the music (or at least some of the music, some was just covers of Christmas songs) for a truly awful "Mircle on 34th Street" musical. How do I know this? My sister was in it, and her cast performed it well. It was just bad - bad music, lame adaptation.<br /><br />One marvels at how the same man could create both.Bellomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772021462887676959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-51473598171581989852024-02-18T10:29:48.984-05:002024-02-18T10:29:48.984-05:00Healing prayers for your household.Healing prayers for your household.Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227352741756989334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-70183629537342482242024-02-17T21:13:20.626-05:002024-02-17T21:13:20.626-05:00Have fun with that, it's a great show! I hadn&...Have fun with that, it's a great show! I hadn't realized that Meredith Wilson was a household name in the mid-20th century. Like many, I only know him for The Music Man. It makes me happy to know his greatness was widely and deservedly recognized in his own time. Wonderful. I've often thought of Music Man as the great Midwestern contribution to the 20th century American canon. I'd put only one other musical in its league, and that's Guys and Dolls, which is for New York City what The Music Man is for the Heartland.<br /><br />Funny story: I have sung "Till There Was You" to all of my children when they were babies in my arms. This once sparked an argument between the next door neighbor couple as to whether it was a showtune or a Beatles song.Billy Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-59758077147723714362024-02-09T14:14:01.439-05:002024-02-09T14:14:01.439-05:00Just STOP. There is no such thing as a "box&q...Just STOP. There is no such thing as a "box" magazine on either an m4, m16, or ar15. They are just magazine's. Some are made of metal, some plastic. These magazines you are talking about that hold more than 30 rounds, usually can't shoot for very long because they jam too easily. There is no such thing as a select fire, or fully automatic mode, on a civilian ar15. It's really more like shooting a hunting rifle.Shawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-82898968978128205282024-02-01T23:04:55.453-05:002024-02-01T23:04:55.453-05:00I’m from Provo, Utah (which is, according to A Thi...I’m from Provo, Utah (which is, according to A Thing I Read On The Internet Once, the place where the Marian Librarian who inspired the song came from). Also, I’ve worked as a librarian, though not in Provo. <br /><br />You might think that’s all random, but the thing is, in Utah, city competitiveness is sometimes played out through how nice libraries are. Which isn’t to say that there aren’t just as nice of libraries elsewhere; it’s just that in Utah, you might hear the phrase “Oh YEAH? Well, OUR library…”<br /><br />Also, my mom played clarinet in the pit orchestra for the community theater production of The Music Man when she was pregnant with me. This was not in Provo; it was in Idaho, where the community playhouse had once been a tabernacle (church building) and was later turned into a mortuary, which is a fact that still makes my head hurt a little.<br /><br />When I was a student at Provo High, in the nineties, they put on The Music Man and I was in the pit orchestra myself, playing cello; my next-younger sister played Mom’s clarinet.<br /><br />I personally have some big feelings about the plot of The Music Man revolving around a guy who is possibly a compulsive liar ending up in a relationship with an actually nice woman because the plot requires it. In real life, it would be such a terrible idea! <br /><br />But I freely admit that my feelings are influenced by my status as an old maid former librarian and musician from Provo who has more connections than I would like to, to The Music Man. Who sometimes gets shoved towards men who seem like a terrible idea to me, all in the service of saving me from my truly horrifying state as an old maid former librarian.<br /><br />That said, I’m not actually such a crank that I wish you anything but happiness as you put your production on!S. A. Coxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-36372616373511372362024-02-01T15:39:32.516-05:002024-02-01T15:39:32.516-05:00Well, yes, but....I don't recall a Catholic fr...Well, yes, but....I don't recall a Catholic freakout when Pope Francis blessed at the Vatican then President Trump and....what are we Catholics allowed to call her? ... Miss Melania Knauss? Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405900624990999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-32806271120199557522024-01-30T16:38:32.818-05:002024-01-30T16:38:32.818-05:00"Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist&..."Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist" is an enlightening book. When I finished it, I asked myself why no one had ever told me all this before! <br /><br />I have a special love of "The Music Man" because my older son played Harold Hill in his high school's production. When he was applying to college engineering programs, one of the professors who met with him was delightfully surprised that an engineering student starred in a musical! Ladyhobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668460460851427837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-73173399361236193102024-01-28T17:12:38.739-05:002024-01-28T17:12:38.739-05:00I really wanted to like Austen's letters, I us...I really wanted to like Austen's letters, I usually love reading other people's mail, and... instead hers nearly killed off my love of letter-writing. Some of that is because the scope for people of her station at that time was rather narrow, some because she was writing little everyday stuff to her sister (rather than other collections of people's letters, e.g. Merton and Waugh where they're writing one mind to another), and some because she was sometimes surprisingly cruel. YMMV, and it's also true that I found the last few letters, from her final illness, moving and I saw why her family and friends were truly sorry to lose her even though I hadn't felt any particular closeness to her through the rest of the book.<br />LOVE "How To" (and "What If" and "Thing Explainer"). And the Scruton and Varden sound intriguing and I'll be looking for those myself! Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-45310555489181751682024-01-21T16:43:43.145-05:002024-01-21T16:43:43.145-05:00God, what I would give to complain about being 45 ...God, what I would give to complain about being 45 again.... :) <br /><br />Here's to 2024.John Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280296574996987228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-40322594851321749052024-01-21T05:32:14.331-05:002024-01-21T05:32:14.331-05:00Interesting thoughhtsInteresting thoughhtsCreativity Coachinghttps://creativitycoaching-thinkfeeldream.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-25213221562041155052024-01-14T06:42:55.691-05:002024-01-14T06:42:55.691-05:00I am rather less charitable with the text of the D...I am rather less charitable with the text of the Declaration (FS) than you. It is definitely manipulative on so many levels. To mention just one point: How can they say that a blessing only requires "that what is blessed be conformed to God’s will, as expressed in the teachings of the Church" from a strictly liturgical point of view? This is not a liturgical question (i. e. pertaining to the sacred rites and the celebration of sacraments) but a theological question, a question of fundamental truth about God and our relationship with God. <br />In this modern era many Catholics have forgotten (or never learned) the significance of liturgy, the richness and complexity of beauty and truth (deep theological truth!) and spiritual comfort in it. Therefore when they say that something is true from a liturgical point of view and we should consider other (implied: more meaningful, less rigid, more modern, less dated) aspects of the case means that the whole issue (i. e. the fact that the Church can't bless what is objectively sinful) is only a partial truth, to be set aside because other, better points of view also exist and we (as pastorally sensitive Catholics) surely don't want to (be such people who) only consider the abovementioned partial and strict "liturgical" point of view. <br /> Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047890626000373572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-6782653147382175662024-01-11T19:01:50.209-05:002024-01-11T19:01:50.209-05:00This is delightful. As soon as I saw the title I ...This is delightful. As soon as I saw the title I thought, "will this be about the Barenaked Ladies song? No, no way." Then it was!Billy Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-61625765194193865302024-01-10T16:33:45.046-05:002024-01-10T16:33:45.046-05:00The Fatima prayer was given by Mary. The Fatima prayer was given by Mary. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-28786699512500462832024-01-09T12:11:36.367-05:002024-01-09T12:11:36.367-05:00"The glass-blower's cat is bumpstible.&qu..."The glass-blower's cat is bumpstible."mandamumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-80208281391708327702024-01-09T01:36:26.770-05:002024-01-09T01:36:26.770-05:00So fun. And so fun to see it is not only your conc...So fun. And so fun to see it is not only your concern, as shown by the calendar.mandamumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-13693856146146296652024-01-04T03:12:46.435-05:002024-01-04T03:12:46.435-05:00I love your blog and it's a great opportunity ...I love your blog and it's a great opportunity to share your life experiences from a distance. Your achievements as a family are marvellous and I look forward to see more of your writing published (whenever it comes to pass). I wish you all a blessed and fruitful New Year!Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047890626000373572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-88518664434433745452024-01-02T09:15:41.254-05:002024-01-02T09:15:41.254-05:00Nice
Nice<br />Sufi writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242067988810576744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-3878353500968561512024-01-01T13:22:09.012-05:002024-01-01T13:22:09.012-05:00Happy New Year from a reader in Virginia!Happy New Year from a reader in Virginia!Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685777538999248205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-7552222067928214552024-01-01T11:40:35.786-05:002024-01-01T11:40:35.786-05:00Happy New Year to all of you as well!
Happy New Year to all of you as well!<br />mandamumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-71012567732535859012023-12-31T09:40:03.448-05:002023-12-31T09:40:03.448-05:00Amen, indeed.Amen, indeed.Bob the Apehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07936116905131702801noreply@blogger.com