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I just realized that I've made a couple references to my class but I haven't "set the stage" for them yet... I'm dipping my toes in the balmy (if a little labor-intensive) waters of seminary by taking an online class through Andover Newton Theological Seminary in Boston. It's a UCC seminary that I'm looking at… Continue reading Backing up a couple steps…

"Your teeth are like the stars," he said And pressed her hand, so white. He spoke the truth, for like the stars Her teeth came out each night.

Shame: I suck. Guilt: I made 17 mistakes in 15 minutes. Response to shame: I am never doing this again. In fact, I'm never going to show my face here again. Response to guilt: I will practice more next time and apologize to Fr. Anthony. So which do I choose? In reality, most of the… Continue reading Shame and guilt (and, eventually, forgiveness)

"Speaking of the harmony of music, I should like to say that the true harmony of music comes from the harmony of the soul. That music alone can be called real which comes from the harmony of the soul, its true source, and when it comes from there it must appeal to all souls. "It… Continue reading The Power of Music

MummyDearest and BigBro, two of my neigbors (LilSis and Hubby, being the other two). See MummyDearest's blog for more and better pictures. It's so fun when BigBro comes to "Lolie's home".  (I've lost my pictures of those guys... BigBro was then about 3 and LilSis was about 1... now they are both teenagers, I think!)… Continue reading Mis gatitas and my neighbors

A long time ago, I promised pictures (of what, now I can't remember). So here I am finally fulfilling my intention... And you are going to get quite a few pictures with very little relation to one another, I'm afraid. But, better than nothing, eh? Broomball (see earlier GF dictionary post for explanation) (and I've… Continue reading Some pictures

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds? ~John Philip Sousa The act… Continue reading When I flap my arms, I can fly…

I have it on good authority that Monterey, the town in which I live (towns out here are more like counties out in IN), has 75% of its houses belonging to second home owners who come in from New York on holidays and in the summer. And that's the pattern all over the Berkshires. I… Continue reading Second home owners and my evil twin

So my cats are pretty wimpy sometimes -- they don't really hunt so much as bat things around; they go outside if the door's left open, but they refuse to step a paw off the porch and into the wet / dirty grass (thank goodness for me... it means no trying to coax cats out… Continue reading Froglegs for breakfast, anyone?

Two former *sniff*tear* Gould Farmers have great blogs -- it's becoming a phenomenon, eh? So I put on the right sidebar a couple new links. Itizzy was a kitchen manager and left not too long ago, despite our protests. Monster Library Student was also a kitchen manager and a RSS manager and probably other things… Continue reading Some more links