Monthly Archives: March 2020

I’ve been reading quite a bit about Archimedes lately, and in the course of that reading have learned more about the Library at Alexandria.  It was founded around 300 BC and in the next two centuries it accumulated most of … Continue reading →

If it’s so good for the soul, why is it so danged hard? At least in this season of Lent it should get a little easier. Confession means repentance, change. You know, the hard work of being a Christian. Everything … Continue reading →

Daylight Savings Time began yesterday.  My body is still rebelling.   What do you mean it’s time to get up?  I want another hour!   I’ve not figured out how such a small time change can be so disruptive, but hopefully in … Continue reading →

Are you lifting weights? Are you lifting heavy furniture? Are you lifting others in prayer? Are you lifting high the cross as a beloved hymn suggests? Ol’ Man River, the ballad from Show Boat, uses these words: “…Body all aching, And wracked … Continue reading →

Originally posted in 2018  by our friend Joey So there I was, 7 years old, and wanting to play hide and seek with my two older brothers. I pestered them until they gave in and said, “OK, you hide here … Continue reading →

When I was young and recently married, Rich and I thought that 5 children would be a nice comfortable number for our family.  I have always liked the numbers 5 and 10.  They are easy to add and track.  I … Continue reading →

Ever hear a seventeenth century praise band? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYnizZskFQ8 This is an aria for four voices on the hymn “Jesu meines Lebens Leben” (Christ the Life of All the Living) set by the German-Danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude. It’s what you might … Continue reading →

The Flanders area of Belgium saw some of the fiercest fighting of WWI, and the British Commonwealth troops suffered great casualties there.  You may remember the poem “In Flanders Fields by the Canadian Army doctor John McCrae.  It starts off … Continue reading →

We all have people we have idolized, admired, tried to emulate. Some of those are unattainable, meaning there is no way, no how you are ever going to get within a thousand miles of them. That’s usually how it starts … Continue reading →

‘Tis the season.  I’ve pruned my rose bushes way back.  Even the tall perennials are cut down.  In a few more weeks, with the help of fertilizer and water, healthy new growth will appear.  As butcher of the bushes, I … Continue reading →