Monthly Archives: February 2015

Patricius on Trolls

This began as a comment to Patricius’ recent posting on Trolls… When I attempted to post it, I found that the site limited the number of characters allowed. It is understandable, so rather than edit the comment to fit the … Continue reading

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Church and Culture

I would like to draw your attention to an article from a blog for which I have a lot of esteem – Sitz im leben. It is good to see this blog come out of a long bout of writer’s … Continue reading

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Haircuts as Punishment

Someone truly understands the historical and psychological symbolism of long hair and cutting or shaving it to degrade victims! The French did this to women who had been involved with German soldiers or officers in 1944. Throughout the ages, prisoners … Continue reading

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Mirror Mods 3

Mirror Mods 3 by courtesy of David Sumner is now up and running. It shows the standard Mirror dinghy with a true gaff rig (as opposed to the original gunter rig). The mainsail is more easily reefed for strong wind … Continue reading

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What readers are looking for

Just a little flit to my stats page. I was quite struck with “hippie charicature” (the word is spelt caricature). Quite a few people these days are causing problems for barbers by depriving them of business! Oh well, each to … Continue reading

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Don Gregorio

One or two people have written in on the subject of Fr Gregor Hesse (1953-2006). The bare bones of this priest’s life inform us that he was born in Vienna (Austria) and studied at the Angelicum in Rome to earn … Continue reading

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Nice Sailing Blog

I often look wistfully at my boat laid up in my back yard, wintered and covered with its tarpaulin. I had some nice weather a few days ago and opened the tarpaulin, and found that a little rainwater had seeped … Continue reading

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Tra le sollecitudini

The title of this post came into my mind, Italian for “between concerns”. It was the title of a piece of legislation by Pope Pius X about church music. Though I am concerned about church music, I am also concerned … Continue reading

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