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Category Archives: On the road
Of wastelands and scones and magnets
I am, even as I write, at the British Library, where I took in the exhibit: Writing Britain – Wastelands to Wonderlands. Some clever boots did the title to reflect the lament of many of the loss of more pristine … Read More
Spirit in the City
One of the interesting things I have learned about here in London has to do with an “annual Catholic faith festival in the West End” called Spirit in the City. At four parishes in the West end, on different evenings … Read More
The flight summary
The flight passed without an inordinate number of alarming incidents. I am glad to report that Delta has updated their video system, though I wonder if their choices of Snakes On A Plane, Airport, Castaway, Con Air, Passenger 57, and … Read More
What a view!
My view for a few hours and it has already been a long day.
Yet another Chinese food post!
I went to a great Chinese restaurant recently and they gave me crabs! Soft-shelled crabs, of course. They were both crunchy and soft at the same time. Sometimes they are prepared with Five Spice. These were heavy on the garlic. … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Scruffy and Christological Goldfinch Edition
I haven’t posted much about the birds at the feeder. This, and a recent trip to the Detroit Institute of Art, gives me a chance to use a feature the blog’s software offers and which I have never used. Here … Read More
Posted in On the road, The Feeder Feed
Tagged bird feeder, bird watching, birds, Christological Goldfinch, Detroit, DIA, goldfinch, Junco
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5 Comments
A breather
I’ve had some email wondering why I haven’t been posting very much. Sometimes I need a little breather. The problems with my laptop slowed me down a bit and … well … I get a little burned out. It is … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Theban Sphinx Edition
You know the story of Oedipus. Here is a terracotta bell-krater from Paestum in S Italy. It is attributed to Python in the last quarter of the 4th c. BC. Closer. Closer. In S Italy the tragic Oedipus was sometimes … Read More
Posted in On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Oedipus, Sphinx, Thebes
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4 Comments
Fortune Cookie Report: Franciscan Edition
I am still puzzling over what happened in that fortune cookie factory. And the wontons in chile oil were great!
The Feeder Feed: Rose Without Thorns Edition
Here is a lovely statue of Mary, portrayed as a Queen, with her scepter of a stem of roses. She was made in about 1350. This statue is related to one in silver given by Jeanne d’Evreux to the Abbey … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Christological Goldfinch, Cloisters
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2 Comments
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