Posting suspended for a couple of days
My stepfather passed away around midnight yesterday. My father died when I was seven, and my mother remarried a few years later, so he has been the “dad” in my life since then. I spent all of yesterday involved in the inevitable set of rounds one must make, church, funeral home, cemetery, etc. Now I […]
OrthoCuban and granddaughter
For those of you wondering why OrthoCuban has been a little irregular in his posting lately, see the photograph at the right. Yes, that is OrthoCuban with our family’s newest grandchild. She was just baptized this past Sunday. I would think about posting something on the blog via my laptop, then I would look at […]
Earthquake in Papua New Guinea
A 6.3 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea yesterday morning. This continues the string of earthquakes that have been hitting populated areas on a regular basis for the past several months. The volcano in Iceland continues to spew ash and lava, grounding nearly 20,000 flights in Europe and making it necessary for the President to cancel […]
Grandbaby road trip
Just made it in to North Carolina today. Tomorrow our youngest grandchild is being baptized. Yep, I get to baptize our grandchild. Will try to post something tomorrow.
Memories
This for the friends we had of old Friends for a lifetime’s love and cheer. This for the friends who come no more Who cannot be among us here. We’ll not forget, while we’re alive, These hollowed dead, these deeds of fame. Where they have gone, we will follow soon Into the darkness and the […]
Quenya (Tolkien elf) Paschal greeting
Thanks to a friend, I can pass on to you what the greeting would be that Aragorn and Arwen would have exchanged on Pascha (Easter Day) had it existed back then. Yes, someone has translated the traditional greeting–Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!–into Quenya. Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino! From an Orthodox website, here […]
InternetMonk has passed away
The news has just been received that last night Michael Spencer, the InternetMonk, passed away surrounded by his family. I never had the opportunity to meet Michael face to face, I “met” him online at his blog about a year and a half ago. I quickly warmed to his blog and to his breadth of […]
A balanced view of the Roman Catholic paedophilia scandal
Yesterday I asked some questions about how does one differentiate between a conspiracy and simple paranoia thinking? How does one accept criticism from those outside of your political or philosophical or religious circle? Well, I have an excellent example of how to do so in an article written by Peggy Noonan, a former speechwriter for […]
How can one tell if it is a conspiracy?
I have a serious question. As you have read lately, Pope Benedict XVI has been taking a lot of heat for the growing pædophilia scandal in several countries. But, it is the reaction that raises a question in my mind. I know the responses that I have read from the Vatican and from other Roman […]
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