Good Morning, God! A Sabbath Morning — a Day Set Aside for Rest and Restoration. And, I confess right now, I shall most likely do some work. I am the loser. But, perhaps, others are too. Now THAT is a…
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The Irish Pikemen of 1798 and before . . .
Good Morning, God! This statue honoring the pikemen who fought and died in the rebellion of 1798 has stayed in my mind — or should I say it keeps coming up. Standing there, looking at it, I was impressed with…
Sounding the Trumpets of Thanksgiving, then Seeking Attunement
Good MORNING God! HOME! Ta Da! Sound the TRUMPETS! I am PRAISING YOU, GOD, with cymbals and trumpets and hosannahs — albeit, silently, as the neighbors are asleep. Kit is running the Bill Beauchamp 10k this morning while I will…
Spring, Swan Boats and Stepping out of Social Norms
Good Day, God! And it was a very good day! We had a day’s rest here in Boston to break up the long flight back from Ireland. The sun was shining brightly. The temperature was in the low 70’s and…
The Lusitania and Sinking My Old Mental Maps
Good Day, God! Oh sigh, O DRAT! It is alway discomfiting, God, to have to rewrite history as I learned it. The Lusitania was sort of a sailing Pearl Harbor, circa 1915. Great Britain was in what was know as…
Victorian Gardens, Famines and White Flour Lives
Thank You, God, for our being on this trip! Thank You that the volcano’s cloud is no longer stopping planes — and, yes, it would be wonderful if we don’t see a repeat of that Power of Nature Exhibit. I…
Going? Staying? In Your Hands!
Good Morning God! Go? Or No Go? I feel like I am in some sort of Game Show. At the moment we are No Go for today, Wednesday — and Go for Friday. At that point we would have to…
Spring and the Persian New Year
Good Morning God, I just found out that the Persians celebrate the start of the New Year (Now Rooz) when Spring starts. What a lovely idea. We start our new year right around the winter solstice when the days start…
A Moment with God 