Wednesday Photo: Clare College from Garret Hostel Bridge
Taken with a Fuji X100V using Anders Lindborg and John Sevigny’s Kodak T-Max P3200 recipe Just click on the photo to enlarge it
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The Train Wreck Ballad That Became Country Music’s First Hit
The wreck of the Fast Mail not only inspired the song, but this dramatic painting by rationalist master Thomas Hart Benton. There seems to be something about a train wreck that inspires a song. Ju
Thomas Hart Benton Baldwin locomotive David C. George Fast Mail Fred Jackson Lewey Joseph A. Broady Southern Railroad The Wreck of the Ol' 97 Charles Noell Spencer North Carolina Vernon Dahlhart
That holy spirit, always resting wherever it wishes
Jan and I were at a gigantic annual booksale in Santa Barbara. We go there every year. This time was difficult as we are in the midst of dramatically shrinking our personal library. But. Well. The
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Brazil’s Indigenous People win landmark victory
a major decision by Brazil's Supreme Court enshrines Indigenous land rights. Continue reading Brazil’s Indigenous People win landmark victory at The Wild Hunt.
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September Theme: Sources of Inspiration
As Unitarian Universalists, we affirm that inspiration can come from the laughter of a child, the beauty of a forest, some of life’s challenges, meaningful conversations, an experience of the Holy, tr
Blogs & Highlights
Co-Ministers’ Colloquy – Sept. 26th
As ministers, we have the gift of witnessing beautiful, brave, and tender moments in the people’s lives. Just in the past week we’ve been present as visitors attended a worship service or religious ed
Co-Ministers' Blog Blogs & Highlights
Sunday 10/1 in Religious Education
We’ll have regular sessions of Religious Education (RE) Everyone, except the 8th/9th grade OWL participants will gather in for the first part of the service in the Great Hall. After the blessing, the
Religious Education Blog Blogs & Highlights
Oakroom Artists Group Show
This week, the Oakroom Artists will install a group show which will grace the walls at UUSS through November 19th. Though the Oakroom Artists have had exhibitions of their art at UUSS since 1991, this
Blogs & Highlights
How in the world to pay for it?
In a Senate subcommittee meeting this last week, Senator Kennedy from Louisiana got a chance to grill a labor expert on the effects of the covid pandemic on children and child care. He insisted that t
The Parthenon is a Maimed but Grand Survivor of Antiquity
The Parthenon was originally brightly painted. Sitting on top of the Acropolis, the stony high point of Athens, the Parthenon in all of its ruined glory is one of the most famous structures in the wor
Never Felt More at Home
There’s a word that has more depth than feeling homesick, more meaningful than nostalgia and is more unique than longing… it’s a Welsh word that is not easily translatable to English that combines all
Gift of Welcome Longing for home
Beauty from Brokenness
It is possible to make beauty from brokenness. What results from the repair of our cracked and shattered places need not be anything like it was before they broke. Shattered pieces of tile are gathere
Meditations
Pagan Community Notes: Week of September 25, 2023
In this week's Pagan Community Notes: Pietas petitions Italian government for further recognition, Dievturbi in Latvia received recognition to officiate weddings, events, happenings and the Dumbo Octo
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Readings for weddings
Last week I created a webpage of Readings for Memorial Services. As a companion project, I’ve created a webpage of Readings for Weddings. At the moemnt there are more than 25 readings (or links to rea
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Liturgy of the People
Elaine McArdle Lay people and religious professionals reflect on the magic of co-creating worship.