I’ll bet when you glanced at my title, you thought of Victor Hugo’s hunchback, Quasimodo, standing in a portico of Notre dame de Paris, holding aloft the unconscious maiden he has just rescued from the gallows and bellowing, “SANCTUAREEEEE!” It’s a thrilling cry that reverberates down the ages. But it’s much older than Hugo’s 19th … Continue reading Sanctuary! Laws and Lore
Author: Hypatia
Safety in Numbers?
We looked out of our window this morning to see a big flock of wild turkeys massing in front of our barn. It’s not unusual to see them in the woods, or even to have to stop the car for on or two of them them on the lane . But an entire “rafter”? (That’s … Continue reading Safety in Numbers?
Missed Opportunities
At a recent party we attended I found myself in like next to a gent I had met before, didn’t know his name and he probably didn’t know mine, but he said Hello! I’ve always been kinda….socially inept, worried that I won’t know what to say. I said, what have you been doing, just recently? … Continue reading Missed Opportunities
Happy Halloween! A Re-blog:
The Lord of the Dance!
I associate that phrase, not with the Irish dance troupe, nor yet with the eponymous carol we sing while forming a Conga line at Christmas Revels, but with the story of King David and Saul's daughter Michal. And I immediately thought of it when I saw the video of Trump dancing on arrival in Malaysia, … Continue reading The Lord of the Dance!
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning!
It’s a line from a great old hymn which probably nobody else will recognize, but that’s okay. It comes to mind this Autumn because, although the Poconos have always been known for our brilliant autumn colours, this year was disappointing. The leaves in the canopy, the high,mature trees, just..turned brown and fell off. I have … Continue reading Let the Lower Lights Be Burning!
Does Today Change Anything?
If you’ve lived long enough you remember Henry Kissinger and his sonorous talk about the “Peace process” between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Hearing him say that, you just knew the present state of affairs was going to continue forever. And it did, for the rest of our lives. Until now. Selfishly, I’m just wondering … Continue reading Does Today Change Anything?
An Assignment:June 14, 2017
if you read this post, I am asking you a favor: Call out anybody who tries to insinuate that ‘political violence” as exemplified by Kirk’s murder, is Trump’s fault, and began on 1/6/21. BECAUSE, although I’m sure you have forgotten this like everybody else has, on June 14,2017 a Democrat tried to decapitate our government … Continue reading An Assignment:June 14, 2017
”The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places..”
September 11. I woke up and turned on the TV, hoping to hear that they had caught Charlie Kirk’s killer. The screen blossomed with the roiling, fulminating smoke of the twin towers giving up the ghost on that awful day 24 years ago.Yesterday I saw the video of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. His rose-red lifeblood bursting, … Continue reading ”The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places..”
“Just Born Into The Wrong Body”
Another trans guy has shot up a buncha kids. And last night on Fox, Trace Gallagher reverently welcomed Bruce “Caitlin” Jenner, whom we’re all s’posed to love on the sole ground that he opposes men playing in women’s sports. His bass voice breaking, he tearfully opined that murder isn’t trans, Cock Robin (the latest shooter) … Continue reading “Just Born Into The Wrong Body”

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