Archive for December, 2009

What they think I want to hear

December 29th, 2009 ~ Orthodox perspective, Just a bit of fun

Had a bit of unintentional humor just now, and I had to send it along. When first-timers comment on the blog, it goes into a queue that I have to approve, which gives me a chance to get rid of all the tender offerings of commercial opportunities to buy herbal remedies and generic Viagra.
I’m used […]

White Christmas: overrated

December 25th, 2009 ~ Just a slice of heaven

Ugh! Who ordered in the blizzard?
I told Greg to take a picture for blog-sharing while I got ready for the day, and he took this one:

But I felt like that didn’t tell the whole story, because this storm has been notable for the high winds. So consider that THIS is what our porch looks like:

And, […]

Various helps: “What shall I offer you at your Incarnation?”

December 13th, 2009 ~ Orthodox perspective

My third help out of some recent bad times was a book I came across by accident. “Out of the Depths Have I Cried ** ” by Mpn. PHILIP and Fr. Joseph J. Allen is a book that everyone should keep in one of those glass cases you see fire extinguishers in. There should be […]

Various helps: Awakening

December 10th, 2009 ~ Orthodox perspective

As I said last time, Greg and I are trying and make it through our own little perfect storm. And so I continue to try to capture the things that have helped. The second one is something I read in a book in high school, about what an ethnographer learned from African pygmies. I can’t […]


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