Two stories that didn’t make the front page of your local totally unbiased newspaper.

In Iraq, democracy is the new hotness. Via CNN …
One Sunni Arab man strolling through Baghdad, Ali Sabah, 26, told CNN he is looking forward to casting a ballot.
“Democracy is the correct way, this is for sure,” he said.
… and  Reuters:
Thousands of […]

A footnote in the Orthodox Study Bible (OSB) reminded me of something I’ve been mulling over since I heard it in one of Fr. Hopko’s taped lectures two years ago. It has to do with a petition we say in prayer at least once a day: Give us this day our daily bread. But what […]

It’s an overcast Sunday, Greg is upstairs taking a Sunday nap and so, for some reason, the mysterious little voices in my head told me … it’s time for the poncho!
This would be the genuine Stylish Reversible Celtic Poncho that I purchased so proudly a couple years ago, only to find that Greg has […]

The dog and I have retired to the den. My office is a prettier room, but right now it’s also a colder room which trumps other considerations. Missouri isn’t being hit as hard as other Midwestern states with this nasty cold front. But it’s still cold enough to make me say what I always say […]

I asked Greg what he thought of the Fred video I posted here, and it turned out he didn’t like it, even though he usually likes All Things Fred. Greg didn’t like the switch from Fred’s usual folksy wisdom to this arch bit of sarcasm. But more to the point, he didn’t see how a […]

I got all weirded out by finding out about a mystery writer recently. So now I don’t know whether I can keep reading her books or not. And I don’t know if that’s just me, or if it’s the kind of thing that other people would understand.
I had read a mystery by Anne Perry […]

Well, thank goodness. Here I was thinking that the guys driving the bus were insane. Now that Fred has explained it all to me, I feel so much better.

Phew! There’s a load off.

As I said, it seems to be my season for weddings. Another time to see a girl you knew as part of a family become a young woman as part of a couple.
It is still something that defies explanation. Of all the mysteries of the Church, this may be the only one where the world […]