Trying to find something amusing on TV while I crochet away the afternoon, I stumbled on a real gem of a "science" show on what we...

Thought you all might find it interesting to know that the History Channel has a show about modernized jousting. I watched an episode last ...

Dr. Jonathan Haidt has a new book out, which Cassandra has recommended to me highly -- I have not had time as yet! -- and which is beginning...

My sister, a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, had a coffee cup made for her husband, bearing a slogan she admires: "Never talk to your gover...

"Luxury" is a word that contains a slew of moral assumptions. The usual definition involves something that goes beyond necessity ...

We've only talked about the Martin/Zimmerman case once before here at the Hall, but the one time we did we seemed to agree that the fac...

We are unfortunate even as he is fortunate.  He learned that he didn't want the power so much as he wanted the things he had looked...

I meant to post this at Easter, but forgot for one reason and another.  It ties many things together we have spoken of lately. The story...

Since Tex is showing us a lot of flowers lately, perhaps you'd like to see our Easter-blooming roses. Some of you may find your...

Lilium longiflorum is a native of the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan. Beginning in the late 1800s, the bulb was cultivated in Bermuda and...

Our choir director delighted me this morning by choosing this lovely Taizé chant for the Easter service: Am, E, Am, G C, G, Am, E Am, E, Am,...

He saw not only Them; he saw Him. This animal, this thing begotten in a bed, could look on Him. What is blinding, suffocating fire to you, i...

Life is stronger than death . Good is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Truth is stronger than lies. The darkness that pose...

In honor of the recent trip through the Deep South, some Southern thoughts on the sins that Easter forgives:

For a long time, when this blog was younger -- it's nine years old now -- we had a link section called "Admired Voices."  Will...

Grandfather Mountain Now, this week was an example of a man getting just exactly what he was asking for.  I said I was going to the ...

I have some internet access this afternoon.  It's been quite a trip, what with the unexpected storms all across the Carolinas.  I'l...

In case you've ever wondered what your garden could look like if you had 7 million tulip bulbs and ten months of the year to devote to ...

Holy Week: when, as Grim reminds us below, we remember how God faced down Death. . . . Love deep as the sea as a rose must wither, As the r...

Here's a site I'll be returning to often. If you look right now, you'll see it looks as though someone pulled a drain plug in ...