Monthly Archives: November 2011

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Usually my speaking invites come from Yankee enclaves: Chicago New York Canada Pennsylvania Dallas 🙂 Recently, however, I spoke at a women’s retreat in a venerable Southern town. You may be able to identify the location from the photo alone, … Continue reading →

The family normally goes camping over Thanksgiving break. But this year’s statewide burn ban dampened that prospect. Where in the world … ? See that? The right shoulder and most of the right lane: covered! Pics do no justice to … Continue reading →

It’s become a “tradition” — running a contest in conjunction with the special Thanksgiving episode of the Orthodixie Podcast: The Eighth Ecumenical Campfire. As always, I need to thank Subdeacon Jason Gilbert for his help with the original episode’s conclusion. … Continue reading →

Today’s edition of The Writer’s Almanac, in honor of the 211th anniversary of Congress meeting in the Capitol building, notes: In its early days, the Capitol moonlighted as a church on the weekends; beginning with the Jefferson administration in 1801, … Continue reading →