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Copts Have New Pope. In Other News, German Catholics Looking Forward to 2017 Like a Colonoscopy.
The late Pope Shenouda III The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the largest group of Christians in the Middle East. It traces its history back 1,900 years but broke with the larger catholic chu… more →
Strange Herring
Rembrandt's Hand
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wrote 1 day ago: (for, Jay) Auden said it, About the Old Masters; About never being wrong, About suffering. You can s … more →
Rosa Mistica
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wrote 5 days ago: This garage sale find is reference to a very specific Marian apparition. I’ve always been fasc … more →
Male Figure Before a Goddess Drawing Aside Her Mantle
wrote 6 days ago: Cylinder seal and impression Syria (ca. 1720–1650 B.C.) For the ancient Near East, the act of procre … more →
Sacred Rites
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wrote 1 week ago: Before the last cycle of the moon began The strongest boy, not yet a man, But on its brink, was led … more →
Motivation? Not now…..
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wrote 1 week ago: It’s bucketing with rain outside, glad I’m in; we were promised storms today with thunder and lightn … more →
The Magic Lake...Art As Technology
wrote 2 weeks ago: Memoirs From The Lake House: Art…as Technology Art is fun. Art is colorful most of the time, … more →
Past Light
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wrote 2 weeks ago: A man past retirement, works, Pushes a wide cloth tasseled sweeper Across the ancient terrazzo Grand … more →
Lord of the Starfields
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wrote 2 weeks ago: During the early and mid-stage of my cancer treatment, I spent most of my time in a big recliner in … more →
It Could be...It Might be Possible
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wrote 3 weeks ago: It could be someone else can love you as well as I. But, then it might be possible for a mountain To … more →
Weald and Downland tree dressing
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Weald and Downland use trees for a fantastic community winter event. The trees retain their live … more →
Notes from an Atheist:
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wrote 3 weeks ago: “If there were no God, there would be no atheists.” –C. K. Chesterton I. For all the thi … more →
Poet for the Week, April 24th, Robert Penn Warren
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Dead Horse In Field In the last, far field, half-buried In barberry bushes red-fruited, the thorough … more →
The Sense of The Sacred
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Every so often I feel an intense longing to be in the presence of the sacred, so I haunt churches an … more →
Crystal Statue
wrote 1 month ago: Coming and going As a glass statue A cone of crystal Manifesting in my bed To be my midnight wife Sk … more →
CONFRONTING CROWDS AND POWER: 6. The Survivor (The Survivor in Primitive Belief)
wrote 1 month ago: Abstract To change the world, we must not only solve our problems; we must also solve our pleasures. … more →
The Source of Unity and Harmony
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wrote 1 month ago: To the magus, there exists no accidental happening…everything is established solidly by that l … more →
Poet for a Week, April 3rd, Rainer Maria Rilke
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wrote 1 month ago: As Once the Winged Energy of Delight As once the winged energy of delight carried you over childhood … more →
Vasudhara
wrote 1 month ago: Medium: Polychromed wood Place Made: Nepal Dates: 16th century Brooklyn Museum … more →
Kept Alive
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wrote 1 month ago: It is hard not to believe the tale Of how wisteria came to be –A maiden saved by a man, Their … more →
