Note: In honor of Holy Saturday, we will not have an edition of Saturday Ramblings today. We will have a “links” post early in the week to come. * * * For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordanceContinue reading “Why We Need Holy Saturday”
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The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: September 12, 2020
• • • The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: September 12, 2020 • • Update on the wildfires in the west… From the NY Times: Fires continued to rage in southern Oregon, where hundreds of homes have been razed, as well as east of Salem, where two bodies have been found, and along the state’s coast.Continue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: September 12, 2020”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: July 11, 2020
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: July 11, 2020 I’m sorry, but we’re in for a rather melancholy Brunch this week. I’m finding it harder to be optimistic with each passing day, and I’m grateful for your company and conversation here at the table. I keep waiting for some good news, some relief in the midstContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: July 11, 2020”
Saturday Brunch, June 6, 2020
Good morning, my friends, and welcome to the weekend. Ready for some brunch? The beauty of animals has always haunted and delighted us. The first artwork were cave sketches of animals. But George Wheelhouse takes a novel approach: “I started photographing animals against dark backgrounds due to my obsessive instinct to remove as much distractionContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, June 6, 2020”
Saturday Brunch, May 30, 2020
Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. You know what we haven’t had for a while? Brunch!! As usual, I’m not going to bring up the subjects dominating the headlines. The Brunch focuses on the interesting (at least to me), the silly, and the un-reported. I also avoid mentioning a certain politician because, inevitably, theContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, May 30, 2020”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: August 10, 2019 — Lament Edition
• Sorry to emphasize such down notes today, but, as the CNN story says, “What a horrible week for America.” This has been an objectively awful week. Far from a sleepy end to the summer, the country is reeling from mass shootings that claimed 31 lives in Texas and Ohio, not paying enough attention toContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: August 10, 2019 — Lament Edition”
Saturday Brunch, June 1, 2019
Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. You know what we haven’t had for a while? BRUNCH! Let’s get right to it. Remember when the Salvator Mundi, the supposed lost work of Leonardo da Vinci, sold a couple years ago for a record $450 million? Well, the speculation now is that it was a tadContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, June 1, 2019”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 23, 2019
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 23, 2019 • • • OUR LONG DARK NIGHT IS OVER… Major League Baseball teams reported to Spring Training this week. Here are a few shots from Mesa, Arizona, where the Cubs train. Few things in life bring as much hope as the beginning of baseball… • • •Continue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 23, 2019”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 2, 2019
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 2, 2019 The cold grows colder, even as the days grow longer, February’s mercury vapor light buffing but not defrosting the bone-white ground, crusty and treacherous underfoot. This is the time of year that’s apt to put a hammerlock on a healthy appetite, old anxieties back into the night,Continue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 2, 2019”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: July 21, 2018
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: July 21, 2018 Anyone need a little respite from all the noise of this week? Ho-o-oly cow! Welcome to the table where no political talk is allowed today. If you’re like me you’ve had enough of that in the past several days to last a lifetime. Instead, we’re going toContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: July 21, 2018”
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