Commitment to Loveliness. Or Something Like It, Anyway.

First, thanks to all who commented on my last blog posting, for affirming what I believe to be the correct course of action. Philippa, you are right, I shouldn’t read her blog, but at this stage, it’s the only way I have of keeping up to date with my grandsons. Now, on to better stuff. [...]

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Possession

Not demonic. I hope. This past week, I was bitten rather badly by the writing bug. About 15 years ago, I wrote two books, back to back, about a KGB officer who became an Orthodox Christian. I haven’t especially tried to market them, because I sensed that I really didn’t know enough about Orthodoxy to [...]

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Bear with me…

While I try to figure out how to add a picture to my profile….

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Why?

Yesterday, after Russian class, I realized I hadn’t talked to my sister in about two weeks, which is something of a record for us — ever since she got a new, and very part-time, job. So I called her and asked if she were available for lunch. She called back, said yes, we met at [...]

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Hmmm…

Although I’m not sure it will show up publicly, I have just deleted 8 comments from my last post — all spam. Can’t help wishing these people would get a life. Now we all have to deal with Word Verification, meaning, if you want to post a comment, you have to type in a squirrelly-looking [...]

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Meditation on Minor Illness

There’s something to be said for getting sick at, or near, the beginning of Lent. Since Saturday I have had a cold, although on Saturday I didn’t know it, and on Sunday I was just beginning to wonder about it. By Monday it was definite, and yesterday was the worst; and today, I’m still not [...]

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