Somewhere in France

Epitaphios

The noble Joseph, when he had taken

down Your most pure Body from the Tree,

wrapped it in fine linen and anointed it

with spices, and placed it in a new tomb.

Favorites Quiz

Here is an interesting Quiz from blog MORNING COFFEE.

Here goes:

A) FOUR PLACES I GO OVER AND OVER:

Sleep, work, church, did I say work?

B) FOUR PEOPLE WHO ENCOURAGED MY FAITH ALONG THE WAY:

Thomas Merton, an anonymous 14th century monk, Ronald Reagan,
and a young Episcopal Curate.

C) FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:

Ice cream, rice, peanut butter, sweet 'taters.

D) FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:

Piney woods on a crisp fall day, sleeping in a grand hotel,
The good ship lollipop (complete with cute, happy music)
and of course, the right-hand line to the way out.

E) FOUR MOVIES I WOULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:

Apocalypse Now, Last of the Mohicans, Any Clint Eastwood cowboy
movie, The shootist (John Wayne's last movie, I think)

F) FOUR THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE ORTHODOX CHURCH:

Continuity, Acapella hymnody, the primacy of prayer,
and a proper respect for the holy mysteries.

G) FOUR OF MY FAVORITE HOBBIES:

Net Surfing (maybe thats not a hobby, just a time-waster), art,
shooting, reading the Old Testament.

Charleton Heston
1924 - 2008

Vechnaya Pamyat!

Sky

An imaginary sky over imaginary mountains.