Two posts ago, I wrote about a young woman named Emilie. I didn’t want to be specific about her condition, but since the link I used apparently didn’t work, I will say that I read about her on her blog, “lemmondrops” (http://lemmondrops.blogspot.com), and rather than writing about her, I provided the link because she herself [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Memory Eternal!
Posted in Health and Its Absurdities, spiritual warfare on December 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Father Count — Still Counting
Posted in Church Life, My Life in Christ, Orthodox Christianity on December 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some weeks ago, I wrote about an unsettling encounter I had with my priest. Time to report back that although we didn’t exactly “have it out” — that’s not Fr. Count’s style — he did note that ecumenical activity is “economia, pushed to its very limit.” So at least he’s aware that this isn’t something [...]
Faking Joy
Posted in Falling Apart at the Seams, Health and Its Absurdities, spiritual warfare on December 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the blogs I read regularly posted a link to Emilie’s blog. I don’t often ask “Why?!” but this post has me shocked to the core.
I think that for me, the worst aspect of this young woman’s situation is that she’s Catholic. I suppose that’s better than being nothing, but all I can think [...]
I Am an Ingrid
Posted in Autobiography, Just for Yuks on December 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Got this interesting quiz — it’s only two questions — from Mimi’s site, who’s a Katherine (Hepburn). For me, it’s completely on target!
Now I’ll have to go out and watch a whole lot of Ingrid Bergman movies…
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