All Things Praise Thee
All things praise Thee, Lord most high, Heav’n and earth and sea and sky, All were for Thy glory made, That Thy greatness thus displayed Should all worship bring to Thee; All things praise Thee—Lord,...
View ArticleHe Speaks to Me Everywhere
This is my Father’s world, and to my listening ears All nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres. This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and …...
View ArticleA Little Bit of Retro. . .
. . . a little bit of kitsch. Check out the Pickle Pal! (Brought to you by Rudolph Studios.)
View ArticleThe future, as He has the past
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change, He faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: thy best, thy...
View ArticleEternal Father, Spirit, Word
St. Patrick’s Breastplate I bind unto myself today The strong Name of the Trinity, By invocation of the same The Three in One and One in Three. I bind this today to me forever By power of faith,...
View ArticleAll Betrayers
judas, peter because we are all betrayers, taking silver and eating body and blood and asking (guilty) is it I and hearing him say yes it would be simple for us all to rush out and hang ourselves but...
View ArticleApril Showers
I’ve only been online lately in fits and starts, hence the sporadic blogging. But I keep coming across really good and encouraging things online and think, oooh — I should share that! Of course, by the...
View ArticleLocal Music, Local Art
Updated: Links to more of the local artists and musicians who will be part of this weekend’s art show! This Friday and Saturday May 1st and May 2nd 7pm – 10pm 4455 30th St. E Bradenton FL 34203...
View ArticleHey, Look! It’s Van Gogh!
“Hey, Look! It’s Van Gogh!” That’s what C8 said, as he brought me a sadly neglected Christmas leftover, a snowman pencil topper missing one of its pom-pom ear muffs. I guess the books we’ve been...
View ArticleYou There With Paper and Pen
After talking with boys about Van Gogh, I often find myself humming a song from the mid-90s.– I don’t remember whether I heard this song in concert with VoL, or whether I just remember it from the cd....
View ArticleLife, the Universe, and Everything
How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about [arithmetic], and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone,...
View ArticleLocal Pottery
Love pottery? Live in the Sarasota / Bradenton area? Check out the holiday open house hosted by Nigel and Cheyenne Rudolph. Friday, 12/4, 5 – 9 pm Saturday, 12/5, 10 – 8 pm 2321 14th Ave W, Bradenton...
View ArticleSon, Beautiful and Scandalous
Three days before Christmas, T12 announced he really, really wanted a guitar for Christmas. This seemed to come out of nowhere, but had been an idea he’d been muddling around with for awhile. “I have...
View ArticleNational Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC . . . . . . .
View ArticleCalm Hearts
“. . . the old painters, however diverse their ideas in other matters, all fixed upon one quality as proper to the pattern of Mother. The Madonna, no matter out of whose canvas she looks at you, is...
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