tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86396714631770054302024-03-05T21:32:17.425-08:00EclecticityA blog about art, literature, music, politics, culture, interfaith dialogue and relations, and any other subject under the sun the blogger regards as blog-worthy.Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-54216819301709786622024-02-09T10:32:00.000-08:002024-02-09T10:32:06.219-08:00Weekend in Black & White - February 9, 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExg7TcgXlichMnIOLhBjkx_MxZ6H7eOKeIp72apR64nYx3Ru_I_fqqBzGpT08ohsMOwlMEzouH1Zg8Ksv4-ZkNAzWwYEk5DXoASPheFOm3acXMYRWwiIkndh7LEdShpMAFsG1oF1U06zjryb6ELvc8QiocxZCUcB7tsich9AU3TJmhxFBH6wERXXj7iMu/s2448/presbychurch5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExg7TcgXlichMnIOLhBjkx_MxZ6H7eOKeIp72apR64nYx3Ru_I_fqqBzGpT08ohsMOwlMEzouH1Zg8Ksv4-ZkNAzWwYEk5DXoASPheFOm3acXMYRWwiIkndh7LEdShpMAFsG1oF1U06zjryb6ELvc8QiocxZCUcB7tsich9AU3TJmhxFBH6wERXXj7iMu/w640-h640/presbychurch5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p> <span style="font-family: courier;">St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Nassau, Bahamas</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blackandwhiteweekend.blogspot.com/2024/02/friday-9th-february-2024.html" target="_blank">For Weekend in Black and White</a></span></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-9752882605938452962024-01-03T08:51:00.000-08:002024-01-03T08:51:17.074-08:00Wordless Wednesday - January 3, 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigJ1Vg5cgrgxsyNPxGyeyuveQNhO2uD7EdwHwZF_uiLABKaQeQfBgR-078X2XKh3wbl2NBtqMW4vkaqZah3J_90L9HtE0OhEzkkqQ3yfyTaxFiws3sr6eBVt3Wv4xoDxvNhhm-MbF44w24dSt5JJJmRfgtpPL44J0azJf7wnxFJGqrXNDM9buL3fK-tD6/s2448/umbrellas.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigJ1Vg5cgrgxsyNPxGyeyuveQNhO2uD7EdwHwZF_uiLABKaQeQfBgR-078X2XKh3wbl2NBtqMW4vkaqZah3J_90L9HtE0OhEzkkqQ3yfyTaxFiws3sr6eBVt3Wv4xoDxvNhhm-MbF44w24dSt5JJJmRfgtpPL44J0azJf7wnxFJGqrXNDM9buL3fK-tD6/w640-h640/umbrellas.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-3.html" target="_blank">For Wordless Wednesday</a></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-77790624072491898812023-12-23T19:15:00.000-08:002023-12-23T19:15:11.710-08:00Prayer of the Day/Collect for Christmas Eve/Day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLI_T46mj6-tSt_yXz-QA7k3gzA_rO9HB-SE84a6Iacd9JSUfNhKyiOJMRKB8pFTcHpgHGaRkMAAC9PccxowXCPbWzCyT5BWvfhhsHycT4pEjGjYoSL_OCTiqcbFgkyqNxok9JGCyDCrXdSVvQWNBeNPlKAEZZtgTeoH6B19zEYIWmgwD12OVrUrc6buxo/s4000/Nativity1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLI_T46mj6-tSt_yXz-QA7k3gzA_rO9HB-SE84a6Iacd9JSUfNhKyiOJMRKB8pFTcHpgHGaRkMAAC9PccxowXCPbWzCyT5BWvfhhsHycT4pEjGjYoSL_OCTiqcbFgkyqNxok9JGCyDCrXdSVvQWNBeNPlKAEZZtgTeoH6B19zEYIWmgwD12OVrUrc6buxo/w640-h480/Nativity1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">Jesus our light: There is so much darkness in the world, and even in our own hearts and lives. Political, economic, social, mental, physical and spiritual darknesses have way too much power and influence in the world. How we long for your coming in the church, the world and within each one of us to fill us with your light which is eternal and has the power to transform all things, all situations, all people. All praise and thanks to you Jesus, light of the world; may your light fill us and the whole universe with joy, hope, peace, and love, as we celebrate your birth today. In your holy name, we pray. Amen.</span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-22973582552418674142023-11-07T13:09:00.002-08:002023-11-07T13:09:47.484-08:00Thought-provoking Quotes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKMtCUoiLpoQwgcnV_vu_cS1Hxxizi6xRbPOWOoz37evqfM3WQgct92vGhvy93yyzSvDzny1hKIawHr7oCh6afX07Ee7rGCny7xoU2bgZyNsML6ut8WlUWryWZrfO3DZFNr-OEqNSCG82ni3cGmYPQ8LV05NFX82K2vLFsiPWG66dQtCs5jIk7kR29NoQh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKMtCUoiLpoQwgcnV_vu_cS1Hxxizi6xRbPOWOoz37evqfM3WQgct92vGhvy93yyzSvDzny1hKIawHr7oCh6afX07Ee7rGCny7xoU2bgZyNsML6ut8WlUWryWZrfO3DZFNr-OEqNSCG82ni3cGmYPQ8LV05NFX82K2vLFsiPWG66dQtCs5jIk7kR29NoQh=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">"When piety becomes fanaticism, then faith becomes arrogance, and goodness inevitably becomes cruelty."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">"Modern technology, for instance, cannot free us to serve what we count the good. In a strange way modern civilization far from solving our difficulties, seems rather to eternalize them. We are better cared for, but we have more cares." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">-Both quotes are from: "Burdened With Erudition and Paralyzed With Indecision--A sermon on Paralytics," preached by the Rev. Dr. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., on March 2, 1967, at the Duke Divinity School Chapel. </span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-19719060446286578202023-10-06T11:37:00.006-07:002023-10-06T11:37:26.487-07:00The Weekend in Black & White - October 6, 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMCxvrmUyaFbjc2CCbAZ1shF5-ixWr1DdTMPTlxm5qbv_Z5rHViupHVYKEsdaRJZFKnG66fozqNhv4bHrldhKkY-Tk080yW34Py117NUbnDcrk64ThZ5jjn45XRKt5sByKMXzWks0samnYd5hzhX0_UhhpROagSIyBmz9ulxr0at_lnsv7XKpZ_zqtYu8/s2448/fall23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMCxvrmUyaFbjc2CCbAZ1shF5-ixWr1DdTMPTlxm5qbv_Z5rHViupHVYKEsdaRJZFKnG66fozqNhv4bHrldhKkY-Tk080yW34Py117NUbnDcrk64ThZ5jjn45XRKt5sByKMXzWks0samnYd5hzhX0_UhhpROagSIyBmz9ulxr0at_lnsv7XKpZ_zqtYu8/w640-h640/fall23.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> Autumn landscape</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blackandwhiteweekend.blogspot.com/2023/10/friday-6th-october-2023.html" target="_blank">For The Weekend in Black & White</a></span></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-29463174300029273502023-09-27T12:41:00.007-07:002023-09-27T12:41:45.677-07:00Short Short Story: September 27, 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFANyeY4H95411mT3NIyULZVCvX8fw6zIt8fiC2AXeyE8Ipd4MThW-sh4S8VVqg62jwbHMNxmWYHgTtSYTOgfU0qGiLvVrdv-1hLd-3iHMinshkXxcTUcsB39vftFNvxmxVaLRUIFuOZyHOOowhY3QqWevU1HoLNxkEytTwEfNLPHgHMNeXYeesJOofTv/s271/short_story.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="80" data-original-width="271" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFANyeY4H95411mT3NIyULZVCvX8fw6zIt8fiC2AXeyE8Ipd4MThW-sh4S8VVqg62jwbHMNxmWYHgTtSYTOgfU0qGiLvVrdv-1hLd-3iHMinshkXxcTUcsB39vftFNvxmxVaLRUIFuOZyHOOowhY3QqWevU1HoLNxkEytTwEfNLPHgHMNeXYeesJOofTv/s1600/short_story.JPG" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">“Love your enemies?! You must be crazy," said the corrupt President.</span></p><p align="justify" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">The tortured, imprisoned woman replied, “I do love you, even though you are a billionaire by stealing countless properties of the poor; taxing the working poor to death and abolishing all taxes for the rich; and extending the death sentence to all religious organizations, environmentalists, and non-violent human rights advocates.”</span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-19782999173093657652023-08-02T08:17:00.007-07:002023-08-02T08:17:58.412-07:00Wordless Wednesday - August 2, 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P54t8XryS1Fdc3newrNjiPlFxH9CwCZyLlhG_Nh3sFZi1f3lhldKovKuznJyKAt9JO2TVVXe5SNB6Y9a1-LP_mb7tmoRExX3nCJEI8gcOmg93zz2zKYSoKMEGujq38Fzld0AoYuUAM-7ffJ63hlPgYNCB8Ezefh_PwJ_vMoZgPMDjIhF87M8rPvgWjN3/s2448/flowers23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P54t8XryS1Fdc3newrNjiPlFxH9CwCZyLlhG_Nh3sFZi1f3lhldKovKuznJyKAt9JO2TVVXe5SNB6Y9a1-LP_mb7tmoRExX3nCJEI8gcOmg93zz2zKYSoKMEGujq38Fzld0AoYuUAM-7ffJ63hlPgYNCB8Ezefh_PwJ_vMoZgPMDjIhF87M8rPvgWjN3/w640-h640/flowers23.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> <a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-2.html" target="_blank"> <span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">For Wordless Wednesday</span></a></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-11756516701316774182023-07-07T15:54:00.000-07:002023-07-07T15:54:00.287-07:00The Weekend in Black & White - July 7, 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViEcCTfItbmwxjUIKuqQq0INnu6WQ06iZhxARgGg_UAlFRGhA7cDjwDynl_9cxpW1GQ11EKTHn9NXh8OMnZwgzk-6cSR9VWdSUI2Z6JeUCI8k99Eck7BtJKBPAYLhcxdu8jmLUY__oZ2mKsIBOPiU4eJdnUnAmIMmUwFgQbe4sfcY5E6J87TmtpDNcRSb/s3264/shipsea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViEcCTfItbmwxjUIKuqQq0INnu6WQ06iZhxARgGg_UAlFRGhA7cDjwDynl_9cxpW1GQ11EKTHn9NXh8OMnZwgzk-6cSR9VWdSUI2Z6JeUCI8k99Eck7BtJKBPAYLhcxdu8jmLUY__oZ2mKsIBOPiU4eJdnUnAmIMmUwFgQbe4sfcY5E6J87TmtpDNcRSb/w480-h640/shipsea.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: courier;"> Somewhere out on the ocean</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blackandwhiteweekend.blogspot.com/2023/07/friday-7th-july-2023.html" target="_blank">For Weekend in Black and White</a></span> </span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-34818307523750972572023-06-17T08:15:00.002-07:002023-06-17T08:24:53.979-07:00Climate crisis lament haiku<p style="background: repeat; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRLlY56fEEYAQ_gSeTWjCfomc-z7Rdv26lyj4mhxpqgMR3JCVeRDY2z7Gx5ywqvu6xT5NG_uwbNNoi2dCU6s_AshvgvXl_YVNIat3cYVH_oibAexUkQDGEOPbIj7-Rg3Ffx4u0hHSX4cD2CsnfpEqkhxraku8aFHS_Z3F6qowYUvoYftRJl97sEHKXQ/s984/albertawildfire.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="984" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRLlY56fEEYAQ_gSeTWjCfomc-z7Rdv26lyj4mhxpqgMR3JCVeRDY2z7Gx5ywqvu6xT5NG_uwbNNoi2dCU6s_AshvgvXl_YVNIat3cYVH_oibAexUkQDGEOPbIj7-Rg3Ffx4u0hHSX4cD2CsnfpEqkhxraku8aFHS_Z3F6qowYUvoYftRJl97sEHKXQ/w640-h442/albertawildfire.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="background: repeat; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> Alberta wildfire</span></span></p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Canada burning</span></div></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">who believes global warming?</span></p><p style="background: repeat; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">Live in denial. </span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-20340698361565247612023-05-06T12:17:00.003-07:002023-05-06T12:17:35.819-07:00Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 years<p style="background: none; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;">Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 years</span></p><p style="background: none; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace;">Canadian iconic folk singer-songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot is dead at the age of 84. Among his mentors were Ian and Sylvia, and Bob Dylan. Dylan, commenting on Lightfoot’s music, said that he’s never heard a Lightfoot song that he didn’t like. That certainly is a compliment, coming from another iconic folk singer-songwriter.</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace;"> </span></span></p><p align="justify" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;">Lightfoot was the winner of numerous awards, given honorary degrees, and honoured as a member of the Order of Canada. His songs were poetic, someone described Gordon as Canada’s poet laureate. In addition to his studio albums, he did a lot of concerts across Canada and globally. I was privileged to attend one of Gordon’s concerts when I was living in Calgary, back in the early 1970s. The concert made me even more appreciative of his excellent musicianship on the 12-string guitar.</span></p><p align="justify" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;">Even though there were several struggles and difficulties in Lightfoot’s life—including 3 marriages, alcoholism until the 1980s, and other life-threatening illnesses—his strong will to live and determination, and the grace of God, enabled him to recover and continue with his life as a musician. </span></p><p align="justify" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;">Some of his best songs focussed on Canadian culture and history. My favourite Lightfoot song is the Canadian Railroad Trilogy, an ode to Canadians who built our railroad. The railroad, at one time, was a major employer of immigrant Canadians who came from around the globe.</span></p><p align="justify" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">May the memory of Gordon Lightfoot be a blessing to those who knew, loved, and listened to his music.</span></p><p align="justify" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Enjoy the following video of Lightfoot singing live the Canadian Railroad Trilogy.</span></p><p align="justify" style="background: none; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", monospace; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p>
<iframe width="602" height="452" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SiSFZBDAH9Y" title="Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live In Reno)" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-76892325054795311742023-04-05T08:33:00.004-07:002023-04-05T08:33:45.813-07:00Wordless Wednesday - April 5, 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYceoGjGPWAsD03sioemd2HtugQLCyAjOaYWw6vGrR57oKQG1CpwtQ3Q4XBCNalDWGBfg-cGMfhhu4rtGAF9SLl2R9AmWo9juldUbSR2RSyjUi8LYTrcGQSpaBbYDInaBd4Vmx3-bWC6GFSfboUkTHZmOULXmW7Rqa6Xo-rv5KlRjlFgB00Xeu5jM2w/s720/Slide1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYceoGjGPWAsD03sioemd2HtugQLCyAjOaYWw6vGrR57oKQG1CpwtQ3Q4XBCNalDWGBfg-cGMfhhu4rtGAF9SLl2R9AmWo9juldUbSR2RSyjUi8LYTrcGQSpaBbYDInaBd4Vmx3-bWC6GFSfboUkTHZmOULXmW7Rqa6Xo-rv5KlRjlFgB00Xeu5jM2w/w640-h480/Slide1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-5.html" target="_blank">For Wordless Wednesday</a></span><p></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-8195747722021356572023-03-03T14:52:00.000-08:002023-03-03T14:52:28.282-08:00The Weekend in Black & White - March 3, 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGy_D_oxgAuC9pZWQwJhAsX-ZrfnU3kXx0qiCo-tYpVN2gvTBCY4klEGwZ7P7bhZZ73ygxRqyYybaoE3PCkGik6mMzkIZE3CwgYzBiiStJHdyYPF1Dt_0C6r5jq3yqxo5xTgstP1oJBvt2-jdFYJvtjKBmEg7w93BmCDi7wJrb3ANZHatI2yi5t8wOw/s2448/fence23c.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGy_D_oxgAuC9pZWQwJhAsX-ZrfnU3kXx0qiCo-tYpVN2gvTBCY4klEGwZ7P7bhZZ73ygxRqyYybaoE3PCkGik6mMzkIZE3CwgYzBiiStJHdyYPF1Dt_0C6r5jq3yqxo5xTgstP1oJBvt2-jdFYJvtjKBmEg7w93BmCDi7wJrb3ANZHatI2yi5t8wOw/w640-h640/fence23c.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;">I took this photo this morning, while on my cross-country ski, you can see the ski track if you look carefully. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blackandwhiteweekend.blogspot.com/2023/03/friday-3rd-march-2023.html" target="_blank">For The Weekend in B & W</a></span></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-7713841932358148482023-02-22T10:07:00.003-08:002023-02-22T10:08:59.237-08:00Ash Wednesday Prayer of the Day/Collect<p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftEDzxMaNf9voToGGxSdhGfWd1AFNRnsXcpUhDt3__nh4eQvczVPWvezWQcfo5wCOwN-PyW1fM9qTYcyfu89kmuegaCXkwEZLqBmvWB-xRlk-NoYKiLzNFPw4Z9gh-vLyG4lCLzHzV8VUJRitRgeu1U_-tKF0aIfGbTU5tjXoYbTgzOgVhC97f78L8Q/s722/lentcross.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="722" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftEDzxMaNf9voToGGxSdhGfWd1AFNRnsXcpUhDt3__nh4eQvczVPWvezWQcfo5wCOwN-PyW1fM9qTYcyfu89kmuegaCXkwEZLqBmvWB-xRlk-NoYKiLzNFPw4Z9gh-vLyG4lCLzHzV8VUJRitRgeu1U_-tKF0aIfGbTU5tjXoYbTgzOgVhC97f78L8Q/s320/lentcross.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;">As we begin the season of Lent today, and the sign of the cross is made on our foreheads, may it be much more than a vainglorious, external ritual. Rather, may the ash cross on our foreheads be a reminder to each one of us of the all-encompassing sacrifice that you made for us Jesus, through your suffering and death on the cross. In true humility, and by your grace, may we repent of our sins, and, in response to your forgiving love, grant us the will and commitment to serve all who are poor and oppressed, widows, widowers, orphans, our Indigenous neighbours, refugees, the homeless, those suffering from abuse and addictions of all kinds, those whom the affluent and powerful sideline, forget and exploit. Help us Jesus, our cross-bearing Messiah to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow you. In your precious name, we pray. <br /></span><p></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-90708443084610283262023-01-16T12:13:00.007-08:002023-01-16T12:13:45.418-08:00Martin Luther King Jr. Day<p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwU-KVVwn9kkc7XXILyv9jsaNt0rkaxG_0JfUsmLPEX6UcNUgdVAhZ29bojyMX_EGzMZXd9MTu9Ml2aY3ijKatcggrG-IYCT27wtXf0ihbXh1phatcq8ULORxtkYCQimG5s3uFz2xfumfrbHLRNfTo1Jq1m3zPyg8spKBDtDtvLiD2AuEA4PJRkyzDA/s900/martin-luther-king-on-pulpit-robert-casilla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="900" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwU-KVVwn9kkc7XXILyv9jsaNt0rkaxG_0JfUsmLPEX6UcNUgdVAhZ29bojyMX_EGzMZXd9MTu9Ml2aY3ijKatcggrG-IYCT27wtXf0ihbXh1phatcq8ULORxtkYCQimG5s3uFz2xfumfrbHLRNfTo1Jq1m3zPyg8spKBDtDtvLiD2AuEA4PJRkyzDA/w640-h392/martin-luther-king-on-pulpit-robert-casilla.jpg" width="640" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><i><br />Today, January sixteenth, the people of the United States of America celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here are a few quotations attributed to him, worth consideration to inspire, instruct, and motivate readers who seek to live justly and peacefully.</i></span><p></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;">Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” —“The Purpose of Education” from Morehouse College student newspaper, The Maroon Tiger, 1947</span></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;">Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives [human beings] knowledge, which is power; religion gives [human beings] wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.” —“A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart” sermon, August 30, 1959</span></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;">We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” -—"Letter from Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963</span></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;">I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” —Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964</span></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><p></p><p align="justify" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: auto; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;">We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now because I've been to the mountaintop... I've looked over and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.” —“I've Been to the Mountaintop” speech, April 3, 1968 </span></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-27621577420109241822022-12-02T19:13:00.006-08:002022-12-02T19:17:57.891-08:00Weekend in Black and White - December 2, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF4C4RxaKbOwlmjSRm-nncUhrWCgD0DFY9Al6JvOeWDT0NdgLNiVgY2YMCdO2s4_D3PzEW1g1bi-GpophLftpQ4olzqa0y2s9Dh9dTYDwNQT2CyNYn5-OPR9jM9UtnQcAL0pqbarCIC2mvIowoR_8ZQ1rzZQaO04IirKA3ohyIuiLFTCM1lITkJqsdQ/s1782/whyteave22b.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1782" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF4C4RxaKbOwlmjSRm-nncUhrWCgD0DFY9Al6JvOeWDT0NdgLNiVgY2YMCdO2s4_D3PzEW1g1bi-GpophLftpQ4olzqa0y2s9Dh9dTYDwNQT2CyNYn5-OPR9jM9UtnQcAL0pqbarCIC2mvIowoR_8ZQ1rzZQaO04IirKA3ohyIuiLFTCM1lITkJqsdQ/w640-h340/whyteave22b.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: courier;">Whyte Avenue on a cold winter day (today)</span>. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwjXdGKkx-XBoe6zK0TogYgpw5yGo_05FGz6q7er35f7jcEeZbsHaugfjrYz_dCyQVMdBym16gtjDE2xlHBZtI8oLuucqSFiWdMrkBMxNTTFuOO-vBBMIkTHj4FgaMRW-KIrBD9NSalPGvCtE-PujI9cnd6Zen8iDXCofgmB-0Gibsoffps4S_WvIbA/s2266/whyteave22c.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="2266" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwjXdGKkx-XBoe6zK0TogYgpw5yGo_05FGz6q7er35f7jcEeZbsHaugfjrYz_dCyQVMdBym16gtjDE2xlHBZtI8oLuucqSFiWdMrkBMxNTTFuOO-vBBMIkTHj4FgaMRW-KIrBD9NSalPGvCtE-PujI9cnd6Zen8iDXCofgmB-0Gibsoffps4S_WvIbA/w640-h368/whyteave22c.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> <span style="font-family: courier;">Further down Whyte Avenue on the same cold winter day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://blackandwhiteweekend.blogspot.com/2022/12/friday-2nd-december-2022.html" target="_blank">For Weekend in Black and White</a></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-83533697981985879402022-11-02T08:04:00.007-07:002022-11-02T08:04:33.483-07:00Wordless Wednesday - November 2, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aBS1BEwhGmg0ZpNZrndXYvqdLh7nXGWu_yC8bpR56NQTqBz10t_3dwjnIdd1jPTTD5J9hlxqHUEIn2s6k62_ArEXnyHfiKE36tiVKGKQ795SylubjQl8v7Lqgfzhe-Ao94YZReZH5Mqy-S1p9h8e1qM1uPCa43wWB6ztGm8ezh0WVo88mH-OXjTpvg/s4000/blforestrest21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7aBS1BEwhGmg0ZpNZrndXYvqdLh7nXGWu_yC8bpR56NQTqBz10t_3dwjnIdd1jPTTD5J9hlxqHUEIn2s6k62_ArEXnyHfiKE36tiVKGKQ795SylubjQl8v7Lqgfzhe-Ao94YZReZH5Mqy-S1p9h8e1qM1uPCa43wWB6ztGm8ezh0WVo88mH-OXjTpvg/w640-h480/blforestrest21.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Delicious food</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"> <a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-2.html" target="_blank">For Wordless Wednesday</a></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-87335240619067806622022-10-14T15:58:00.005-07:002022-10-14T15:58:59.079-07:00World Singing Day 2022<p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzpgAcz_5PAQ9DtxsbxMba0AIRl42SK4vrmAnEDLOV1daWaXepCTTOH91F9nIJ1ffCaJJcTpFHDLw5fbbzQVN_E6VjrK-p_GOUykaIxIg6ticI_RfZQigPsPnCbV3u6Oaz9GzE6-52Q4imXdsmUHGbZ_Ci6AOer2yphDz_xPkYR0dFB2a8O9Ji5XYzw/s474/wsd.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="474" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzpgAcz_5PAQ9DtxsbxMba0AIRl42SK4vrmAnEDLOV1daWaXepCTTOH91F9nIJ1ffCaJJcTpFHDLw5fbbzQVN_E6VjrK-p_GOUykaIxIg6ticI_RfZQigPsPnCbV3u6Oaz9GzE6-52Q4imXdsmUHGbZ_Ci6AOer2yphDz_xPkYR0dFB2a8O9Ji5XYzw/w400-h225/wsd.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />World Singing Day is celebrated every 3<sup>rd</sup> Saturday of October (this year October 15th). Music is the international, universal language of humankind. So how appropriate then to devote one day of the year to singing around the globe. </span><p></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;">WSD was founded in 2012 by Colorado, USA musician, Scott Johnson. The purpose of WSD is to unite humankind through singing. It does not matter who you are, every human being is invited and welcome to sing. Whether you sing in the shower or are a professional musician, check out a <a href="https://worldsingingday.org" target="_blank">WSD</a> event nearest you, and join in the joy, solidarity and unity of making music together.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 2022 Song of the Year is<i> Dona Nobis Pacem,</i> Latin for Grant us peace, and how we need peace in our world today!</span> </span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Is7tnMF-6mk" width="477" youtube-src-id="Is7tnMF-6mk"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;"><br /></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-76959577364720902202022-09-27T15:20:00.001-07:002022-09-27T15:27:10.263-07:00Orange Shirt Day-National Truth & Reconciliation Day<p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIz0P9Yy9_vbXWBV0R6Tba728zsL0hVMKPeS6vgQnAkCUKj7wggVio1kWfz1aF8q4NtrhTLZnCmtgD227KC-P_ZLJNSn1cF1QMRkhmzHdhSpIz4B6P-H1gie_y5wEvBkT9xA05ONxOAFE9DUFK0CRx_VAC0GMNP3Hn9wBWCu8l9qcf2aZB0v6VwHPIQ/s2048/Orange_Shirt_Day.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="2048" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIz0P9Yy9_vbXWBV0R6Tba728zsL0hVMKPeS6vgQnAkCUKj7wggVio1kWfz1aF8q4NtrhTLZnCmtgD227KC-P_ZLJNSn1cF1QMRkhmzHdhSpIz4B6P-H1gie_y5wEvBkT9xA05ONxOAFE9DUFK0CRx_VAC0GMNP3Hn9wBWCu8l9qcf2aZB0v6VwHPIQ/w640-h534/Orange_Shirt_Day.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;">September 30<sup>th</sup> marks the National Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. It is a day to remember the terrible legacy of Indian Residential Schools, and listen to and learn from Indigenous survivors of the schools, and/or survivors’ family members. For the story of the orange shirt, click <a href="https://www.orangeshirtday.org/about-us.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-59260497205884366212022-08-13T10:29:00.005-07:002022-08-13T10:29:47.567-07:00Weekend in Black and White - August 13, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tXn_uZ63dSvbJ_H2bXgfkCU0OWWWIIb42dailGAk_GBKnMLEmmjD_croieu3F4Bl9aaaXnlSK46zqVBgc1iP1lkNTKY6pYn81QZJRAFSp5rPY4KYXaUXeHHe1d1KQ-e11JA91yQjlJ7UA0-2p2_m6c7ZrHX12-33xgVUqDqIAkSIE_FrfkKM1gmRtw/s3264/applet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tXn_uZ63dSvbJ_H2bXgfkCU0OWWWIIb42dailGAk_GBKnMLEmmjD_croieu3F4Bl9aaaXnlSK46zqVBgc1iP1lkNTKY6pYn81QZJRAFSp5rPY4KYXaUXeHHe1d1KQ-e11JA91yQjlJ7UA0-2p2_m6c7ZrHX12-33xgVUqDqIAkSIE_FrfkKM1gmRtw/w480-h640/applet.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: courier;">Apples on our tree</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> <a href="https://blackandwhiteweekend.blogspot.com/2022/08/friday-12th-august-2022.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">For Weekend in Black and White</span></a></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-41416758749971818042022-08-04T12:10:00.000-07:002022-08-04T12:10:06.252-07:00Sabina's Story: A day in the life of a refugee<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">The following video highlights the work of Canadian Lutheran World Relief, the Lutheran World Federation, and the Government of Canada amongst South Sudan women in an Uganda refugee camp. They provide socio-psychological support, they also provide them with training to become more self-sufficient in order that they can provide for their children. The media here in Canada rarely provides coverage of situations like this in several of the African countries. So hopefully you find this video helpful and encouraging, and perhaps it will inspire you to give generously to organizations like CLWR and LWF, which offer two-third's world peoples opportunities to improve their standard of living.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RWw4EtyK6WU" width="320" youtube-src-id="RWw4EtyK6WU"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-17592266177747128682022-07-06T08:03:00.000-07:002022-07-06T08:03:05.149-07:00Wordless Wednesday - July 6, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFS9yxYEe-HnUrTBeEywxvX312RTyc5buE2q5-HWRk_VYiY8urAHiP_j4bzarfnIgn9ntOGyxQL2gnOGPlKyrydpBiYDstg3Kh8Shyv0iSgPTZXc0XIKWrQPGb3OvhgX4efWe5hyxLkuNfBLZIzqJp9wG1OmQHlrWChCKWfivSna66y5Ppp13aJ8Pm4w/s4000/rockymt4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFS9yxYEe-HnUrTBeEywxvX312RTyc5buE2q5-HWRk_VYiY8urAHiP_j4bzarfnIgn9ntOGyxQL2gnOGPlKyrydpBiYDstg3Kh8Shyv0iSgPTZXc0XIKWrQPGb3OvhgX4efWe5hyxLkuNfBLZIzqJp9wG1OmQHlrWChCKWfivSna66y5Ppp13aJ8Pm4w/w640-h480/rockymt4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-6.html" target="_blank">For Wordless Wednesday</a></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-37090493778381910032022-06-06T14:48:00.002-07:002022-06-06T14:48:49.237-07:00Brief Book Review: The Confession of Brother Haluin<p style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyYnThYYLD5GeBK9xzO4FmeRb3gqhGn3T0-WESBqyVeOvEjLhwQh9CMWJeoz2Q8BJs511xdWPr16WfWJOkIVe6azaOMq3NsfsdLEQmDvRJUuQvcE_PIz1QKuaoAQ8PBlC2iP8DT2WsyldQQ7jifCjCzFBX9oO_ZoasQZ_HElffma1EIcKSQf0Q969UA/s200/haluin.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="119" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyYnThYYLD5GeBK9xzO4FmeRb3gqhGn3T0-WESBqyVeOvEjLhwQh9CMWJeoz2Q8BJs511xdWPr16WfWJOkIVe6azaOMq3NsfsdLEQmDvRJUuQvcE_PIz1QKuaoAQ8PBlC2iP8DT2WsyldQQ7jifCjCzFBX9oO_ZoasQZ_HElffma1EIcKSQf0Q969UA/w190-h320/haluin.jpeg" width="190" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><br />Author: </b>Ellis Peters</span><p></p><p style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Publisher: </b>General Paperbacks, 205 pages</span></p><p style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">The Author </span></b></p><p style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">Ellis Peters is the fiction writer of the Benedictine Cadfael mediaeval whodunit series. This particular volume is number fifteen.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">Short Summary</span></b></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">It is the winter of 1142, and Brother Haluin falls while helping to repair the damaged roof of the St. Peter and St. Paul Abbey hall. He is seriously injured, and so he makes what he believes could be his deathbed confession to the Abbot and Brother Cadfael.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">With the assistance of Cadfael, he survives the fall. Still limping, and in need of crutches to walk, he decides to go on a penitential journey, accompanied by Cadfael. There are several interesting, adventurous events on the journey, including a murder, as well as a couple of unknown discoveries connected with Brother Haluin’s past. </span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">In the end, Brother Haluin, in this reviewer’s mind, makes the wrong decision by remaining a monk instead of considering another viable option. </span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">A brief critique: Although it is acknowledged that Brother Haluin most likely became a monk for the wrong reason or reasons, Ellis Peters seems, ultimately, to idealize the monastic vocation in the novel, to the detriment of other vocations. </span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">What Ellis Peters does succeed in doing quite well in the novel is presenting the “sins” of England’s 12<sup>th</sup> century patriarchal and class-oriented society. </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Bright, serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Bright, serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Bright, serif;"></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-30579490398040425542022-05-20T10:35:00.003-07:002022-05-20T10:35:21.458-07:00The Weekend in Black & White - May 20, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeuSgV5jWEhpBe0fVafrlDQ327oKE00mDhf6q8Oaq0br71Ki7zj3htplovCgJUuvTr4WUoOnGMda29nOnq6pjXwP5oPY5ohOtEySXlTG0tPEH6wKEeglnxBf2BIeblKQNaAnH2-Cn_-ZlSaix5ict1KRccJ_N_OAPWq9I3jjf6d4rmT00pL4GRR0b7g/s2448/tulipbw.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeuSgV5jWEhpBe0fVafrlDQ327oKE00mDhf6q8Oaq0br71Ki7zj3htplovCgJUuvTr4WUoOnGMda29nOnq6pjXwP5oPY5ohOtEySXlTG0tPEH6wKEeglnxBf2BIeblKQNaAnH2-Cn_-ZlSaix5ict1KRccJ_N_OAPWq9I3jjf6d4rmT00pL4GRR0b7g/w640-h640/tulipbw.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"> Spring tulip and rock</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blackandwhiteweekend.blogspot.com/2022/05/friday-20th-may-2022.html" target="_blank">For The Weekend in Black & White</a></span></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-60565651923125415892022-04-14T15:35:00.004-07:002022-04-14T15:35:28.889-07:00Good Friday Collect/Prayer of the Day<p align="justify" style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVpz4wMPta-WOuFxpRX4hxC9RiMqSf5iwAro1l-SHcCejyE_oyS7jUo99CysbEZRwAU2EwtuCH20zXemnaAuhOhNFFvnl3O_b4noUXV-ry3DA1L1b57KUpXkyt1MajegR0Ar8tqRxazivNrS81UfAvpKgzirHoOlzMYxPItXJt4TWoLITLSGTCQZXhA/s722/lentcross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="722" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVpz4wMPta-WOuFxpRX4hxC9RiMqSf5iwAro1l-SHcCejyE_oyS7jUo99CysbEZRwAU2EwtuCH20zXemnaAuhOhNFFvnl3O_b4noUXV-ry3DA1L1b57KUpXkyt1MajegR0Ar8tqRxazivNrS81UfAvpKgzirHoOlzMYxPItXJt4TWoLITLSGTCQZXhA/s320/lentcross.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />On this holy day, may we be mindful of the sins of the world, and our own sins that crucified Jesus, our Suffering Servant; who was despised and rejected by humankind; and by his wounds we are healed. As forgiven sinners-saints, may your love live through us in thought, word and deed; for your name’s sake, Jesus our Suffering Messiah.</span><p></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639671463177005430.post-5714666758478383442022-03-16T09:03:00.001-07:002022-03-16T09:03:23.868-07:00Wordless Wednesday - March 16, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5by-SLHkswn3Pb4r_-vkpgwKNnnF46rOSXNXkACo8m-kYUlw1chUK7SP5MYT3E4c4KIMC56cnmoliE6S_EsLdMU-dGPLbev2nR1as2drKJGA248xXk5c-JVXciO8ggtWBISH8hRstQm7ViLZH2qqQeOVseplwPedwmt1MRZAc_2jIivm5cnsOO8qV2w=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5by-SLHkswn3Pb4r_-vkpgwKNnnF46rOSXNXkACo8m-kYUlw1chUK7SP5MYT3E4c4KIMC56cnmoliE6S_EsLdMU-dGPLbev2nR1as2drKJGA248xXk5c-JVXciO8ggtWBISH8hRstQm7ViLZH2qqQeOVseplwPedwmt1MRZAc_2jIivm5cnsOO8qV2w=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"> Taken on March 5, 2022</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> <a href="http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com" target="_blank">For Wordless Wednesday</a></span></p>Eclecticityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515852321697380521noreply@blogger.com9