philandpatricia

adventures of the yellow hat

Hey Jarrow . . . here is the first yellow hat adventure of the sabbatical with Patricia and Phil . . . take note. Thank you Katie. With a bit of Phil’s homemade cornmeal crust and Patricia’s roasted walnuts, this pear gorgonzola pizza is sooooooo good!

gotta love the New Yorker cartoons

So, this morning I sat at the breakfast table and wrote the blog about aging and how we were going to go to the National Museum of Ireland a learn about life 6000 years ago. One of today’s cartoons for the New Yorker was this one: And . . . probably you should know ifContinue reading “gotta love the New Yorker cartoons”

aging

In a book by Rowan Williams, published in 2002, are these words of Epilogue. Lastly, another picture from the Gospel of John evoked for me by all of this, from the stray story of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery which is preserved rather improbably, in John 8. When the accusation is made, Jesus atContinue reading “aging”

suitcases out

Today I actually began to pack. We have been asked many times “are you packed yet?” The answer was we were gathering things and putting things aside. I put stuff in a pile and later take it out. but today we actually took out suitcases measured to see if they would qualify as carry-on. OrContinue reading “suitcases out”

rain dance

This evening’s gift of rain: May our eyes see God’s beauty dancing and our ears hear God’s grace whispered.

Kells in County Kerry

We’ve rented a home for three weeks across the Bay from Dingle in a community named Kells. Kells is hardly recognizable as a village in American terms. There are no main streets, no shopping district, not even mailboxes to identify residences. . . .Kells is just about the greatest place going. But it isn’t forContinue reading “Kells in County Kerry”

greatness

an olympic commercial: “We’re all capable of greatness. All of us.” I agree.

technology used for life

Jeff, our remarkable son-in-law . . . doesn’t stand the way many of us do . . . but he is fully in our lives. thank you Jeff!

light

ohhhhhhhh, how beautiful is light at the end of day.

Celtic form of Christianity

Within the pages of a book, “Mysterious World: Ireland” published in 2006 and written by Ian Middleton & Douglas Elwell is this particular page of words: The Irish “Celtic” form of Christianity as it evolved in Ireland was unique in that it was both monastic and ruggedly individualistic in character. It also sought, instead of overruling and controlling,Continue reading “Celtic form of Christianity”