Orthodox Christians should write and paint and sing and dance. We should make
movies and television shows. We should make clothes and produce textiles as art
as well (the fullness of culture is itself too large to describe in a sentence,
a paragraph or even a book). And in all these activities, they will be
expressive of the fullness of our humanity without having to stick an icon on
everything to prove its Orthodoxy.
-- Father Stephen in Glory to God for All Things
This is a picture of Lionel, my Useless Blob.
He's really here, jumping up and down. To adopt your own Useless Blob, click on him.
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2006-09-08
The setting: the city park, large sloped lawns with occasional trees.
The cast:
Human #1: male, sporty business type, jacket over open-necked
shirt,
carrying a white tennis ball. Accompanied by…
Dog #1: large long-legged young black love-to-run type, male
(aggressively so).
Human #2: male, middle-aged, dressed nondescriptly, wielding a
ball-thrower with a yellow tennis ball. Accompanied by…
Dog #2: laid-back elderly retriever, probably eunuch.
2006-09-02
…you make lemonade. When life hands you crumbs…
Eleven years ago today, two of my three daughters were born. Yesterday I endeavoured to bake them a cake each. They’re not of an age to want themed cakes any more, but they still get to choose.
