It’s a little after midnight here on the ranch (for instance, why did I call it “the ranch?”) and my eldest and I are snatching a few minutes from the jaws of sleep to have a little improv session. We did this without any planning or practice, on the spur of the moment. We had…
When I first became Orthodox, there seemed to be a lot of emphasis on extending grace to children and including them in the Church at their own level. Certain factions always grumbled about this, though, and they usually seemed to be wealthier people who had contributed to the parish for a long time and wanted…
I don’t know that this is any healthier or cheaper than actual Yoohoo. I do know it’s incredibly refreshing and you don’t have to leave the house and drive to the gas station for it if you have the ingredients. In a shallow dish, add a very few drops of milk to one teaspoon of…
It is still slow going on the new website for The Academy of Inventive Literature. However, I am beginning to put the next issue together and I want to send out a call for submissions. The theme is Life Of Books and I am looking for some special works of poetry and other creative items…
Check out this Old English-style –Sea-Poem by Hilda Doolittle. I wouldn’t mind having some of these monumental phrases on my wall, would you?
In the news yesterday and today, several stories appeared about some research done in the UK and in the Netherlands. According to this research, the famous Flynn effect has been reversed, and IQ’s have been falling, worldwide it is assumed, since the 19070’s. Curious thing, that. We thought we were getting smarter. We thought maybe…
Early this February I made my eldest son, Ian (11 Years old) very happy by FINALLY!!! (emphasis original) giving him a brother. We’ve named the most recent manchild for Isaac of Ninevah. A few other Isaacs crept into consideration as well. (We’d been having some fun with a certain foundation trilogy.) A few months before…
