Tag Archives: church
The ethics of an old man mowing
Walking home from work today I saw an old man mowing the lawn at a fundamentalist church. The grounds must be at least half an acre and he was using a small mower to cut long, wet grass. There is … Continue reading
Ancient language goes modern
It’s rather ironic I learned about The Vatican’s web site from a blog named The Inquisitr I’m not surprised The Vatican has a web site; it’s just I had never thought about it before and had never visited. As The … Continue reading
Phone tone rage (PTR)
A Kalgoorlie Miner columnist, Kitty Prodonovich, wrote today about “phone tone rage” (PTR). It is quite amazing how the repetitive tones from an innocent little phone can incite so much anger and frustration, but they do. And it’s not just … Continue reading
Religion
I admit that we lost contact with organised religion after the twins were born. It required a big effort to get the family to mass and the twins were a handful. Traditional denominations in Australia have lost members partly because … Continue reading
Papal curiosities
Full credit to The Age in Melbourne for running some interesting sidelines about the new Pope. Who would ever have thought a former member of the Hitler Youth could become Pope? I’m one of those who think it’s irrelevant. Young … Continue reading
Family photo
This is the first photo of the whole family since the day after the twins were born (December 17, 2003). It was taken at Our Lady of the Snows Church after Dude’s First Communion and Confirmation. We’re pictured with the … Continue reading
