Category: diary
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Who Else Sows?
Today’s Gospel is the Parable of the Sower. Who else has sown seeds and how are the growing?
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A New Thing
The author shares his journey of joining a gym after significant weight loss and health improvements, marking a shift from past negative experiences. They outline workout routines, diet adjustments, and the positive mental effects of exercising. The writer also reflects on lifestyle changes, learning opportunities, and future goals while expressing gratitude.
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Data Flow
What happened when I changed my Tablet from English to Hebrew. מה קרה כשהחלפתי את הטאבלט שלי מאנגלית לעברית
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The Grey Fox Tho
From an old dream journal (15 Aug 2008). Was living in Buffalo at the time. I had a curious dream last night: the first night I slept without either cold medication or sleeping assistance all week. It was the sort of dream that plays in one long story line – even though I woke up…
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Life Happens
When we were kids, it seemed to my brother and I, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, that the waves came in sets of three: two normal ones and then a huge one. Three sets of three would end in a gigantic one. This childhood sense was not unique to us: various mythologies speak of…
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The Backstory
There’s a new link in the top navigation called “backstory”. There’s a history and since the website is 25 years old, I thought it might be nice to update with some Throwback Thursdays and some Flashback Fridays. Just one long “hit parade”. Although it all ends before 2010. The Backstory page is dedicated to Fr…
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Calendar Crazies
Wherein the Author posts a ramble of the sort that were common on LiveJournals back in the early 2000s. It’s not a rant. There are several Orthodox videos. There’s not really a topic. Two recipes. And an invitation to support a Messianic outreach in Israel.
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Never have I ever
The author discusses his experiences of peaceful family gatherings during holidays, regardless of the contrasting familial political beliefs or ideologies. He upholds the “family-first” policy, emphasizing the possibility for harmony beyond these festive days as well.
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Turn of the Century
The post is a personal reflection on the author’s journey, regretting his decision to remain childless. Initially irritated by a priest’s noisy child during services, his resentment led him to tackle deeper questions about his chosen childlessness. This self-analysis, stemming from a single remark by his pastor, led him to understand the community’s shared responsibility…
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Breathing with Both
Even standing still I sometimes move by accident.
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Silver Jubilee
The Domain is 25. How little has changed.
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Restore Us
When God’s grace is compared to “watercourses in the Negev”. This is what they mean, btw. You don’t need to know Hebrew. God’s love is pouring down on us like this. Over and over. And Over.
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Behold Your Mother
SOMETHING FR Vincent said in his homily last night… Jesus says to John, behold your mother. The Church has taught that at that moment Jesus was speaking to all of us, that Mary is our mother. But there’s more. For we are the Body of Christ, commanded to carry our cross. This cross is not…
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Back to the Future
WAY BACK IN 1999, working for my first tech firm – called Online Partners – I was the first person in my office to get a flip phone. Sprint had these cool little models that looked like silver communicators from Star Trek. They had tiny little monochrome screens. I was walking by the store on…
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For the Beauty
THE LAST Weekend was #SpringinSF at it’s finest: not too hot, yet warm and sunny with a slight breeze. It was warm enough not to require a jacket until nearly 9 and that just meant that nighttime was cool enough to sleep! Saturday I was out and about long enough to “get some color” on…
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