For Sunday January 1, 2012

                                                                                        Let’s begin the new year with something sublime: Icon by Mother Anastasia

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More Hobbit Houses

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If I Was A DJ

I grew up listening to WABX, the “underground” radio station out of Detroit. So called underground stations, for those of you who are too young to remember, were local independent stations that had no format or station jingoes or the other trappings of commercial radio. The djs played whatever they wanted, which meant that you heard [...]

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A Hobbit House in Wales

I want to live here: More: http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2011-12-21/man-builds-fairy-tale-home-for-his-family-for-only-3000/ Thanks to Mark Shea

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So You Think It’s Organic?

When is “USDA Organic” not organic? More often than you probably realize. The USDA keeps a “National List” of inorganic products that can legally go into foods labeled as organic. The casings for those tasty USDA Organic sausages can come from conventionally raised animals that have been fed antibiotics. The hops in your favorite organic [...]

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For the Feast of the Nativity

And a very cool animated Nativity story from Russia; the animated icons at the end are really nice:

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The Fire of Christmas

“The children of the Old Covenant who walked in the fire, yet were not burnt, prefigured the womb of the Maiden, which remained sealed when she gave birth in fashion past nature.” A meditation in preparation for Christmas by Fr Stephen: http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/the-fire-of-christmas/

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The Hobbit is Coming!

I wasn’t planning on posting anything until Christmas- I have been working long hours and trying to prepare for Christmas, with a house full of coughing people- but I ran across this, and it is too good to wait:

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For the Fourth Week of Advent: Ave Maria (Gregorian Chant and Victoria)

Icon by Daniel Nichols

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Murder in Amish Country?

Late last Thursday night a young Amish boy looked out his window, having  heard a noise in front of his house. He saw the family horse pulling the buggy in circles in the lane, the buggy his older sister had taken to a Christmas party earlier. Concerned, he summoned his father, who went outside only [...]

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