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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
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Category Archives: On the road
A favorite place in NYC
Bryant Park has made its way onto my list of favorite places in New York. Surrounded by interesting architecture and with great sightlines between the buildings, there are always interesting things going on in different seasons. Right now people are … Read More
Some fruits of the Big Apple
Some of the high points of New York City so far. Three new Met button colors of the sixteen possible! I couldn’t get out to the Bronx Zoo, so I went down to Zuccotti Park instead. Just nice! Central Park. … Read More
Of buns and of bagels and of birds with a prize!
???? … not as good as those I often have in St. Paul, but pretty good! Meanwhile, I had my necessary bagel. Onion, this time. These minor delights leave me as happy as a bird with its own french fry. … Read More
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If you are what you eat…
… I’m crabby in Chinatown!
The Feeder Feed: Christological Finch Edition
The Met in New York has a new acquisition. It is a splendid painting by Perino del Vaga, a student of Raphael, who was very active in Rome and Genoa. The painting was recently cleaned. Here is His little Goldfinch. … Read More
New wish list item
I couldn’t find a way to put this on my wish list, so I am putting it here.
What one does on flights.
I am reading this 2010 book sent by a reader here about Constantine by Paul Stephenson at the suggestion of His Hermeneuticalness the great P.P. of Blackfen and Dean of Bexley.
Sunday wrap up
I had a very pleasant Sunday. First, a quiz. Who can say what that object is. Yes, we know that the statue is St. Philomena. After the Sunday Masses, I went with His Hermeneuticalness to Chislehurst to meet our friend … Read More
Some photos and comments and thanks
Here are some photos I have pulled out of my phone, in no special order. I visited Greenwich the other day and, coming up from the Thames into the great quadrangle I saw this in the pavement. The birthplace of … Read More
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