May the Work I’ve Done Speak for Me

...yone who wanted to use it. Along with Joanne, he generously hosted several book promotion events for us, including lectures, a beer making party and pickling and bread classes. He nurtured deep relationships with other faith traditions and hosted ecumenical lectures and events. Peter is of the “ask forgiveness not permission” style of leadership. In keeping with this he says “yes” where others might hem and haw and wait to check with the higher up...

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Computer Troubles II

...A big thanks to our web czar and book designer Roman of Yay Brigade for fixing last week’s WordPress problems. He did it just in time for me to jam my right index finger on a drawer thus making typing incredibly painful. Thus today’s short excusey blog post. Ouch. I’ll see you all in a few days....

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Notre Dame on Good Friday

...re Dame Cathedral went up in flames this week I thought immediately of the book I’ve been reading in the evenings for the past few weeks, J.W. Mackail’s Life of William Morris. Morris was obsessed with Medieval architecture and visited Notre Dame and many other French churches on a trip in 1855. Later in his life Morris founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (which still exists) as a response to the poorly considered renovatio...

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Saturday Tweets: Too Many Links

...chow (@GardenForkTV) April 15, 2019 The best blog on the internet is now a book: https://t.co/4SROqUmtsg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 15, 2019 Here’s Japan’s most famous minimalist https://t.co/wifBJIIVIG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 14, 2019 “growing evidence of the terrible impact traffic air pollution has on young kids.” @MayorOfLA, we urgently need bus lanes, bike lanes, and congestion pricing. #EnvironmentalJustice https://t.co/1hbe...

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Saturday Tweets: Culture as Subculture

...played a critical role in the birth of #Chaos theory. Astonishing story about underlooked #WomenInSTEM. Thanks to @QuantaMagazine for bringing this to light. Hope it’s headed for a movie https://t.co/BHbDeCH8Uy — Margaret Wertheim (@margaretwerth) May 20, 2019 According to the book Kebra Nagast the Ark of the Covenant given to Moses by God, was bought to #Ethiopia by Menelik I 10th c. BC. #Tabot is the Tablet onto which the Ten Commandments were...

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