Famous Ankles

Some of my readers may note the new layout. I’ve been doing this blog for more than a year.  It’s about time. -H

My family was military. At least, my dad and brother made it their life’s work. Neither died in battle and so aren’t really honored by this day, at least formally. And the military didn’t begin with them. My Grandpa, a man I barely remember, was also military; at least for a lot of his life. [...]

It’s Easter, the day that we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead. The Lord is Risen, indeed. At the heart of the Episcopal worship is the Prayer Book.  The 1866 version of the Book of Common Prayer has the Easter Anthem: CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast; Not with the [...]

Some days I have more in mind than than touring NYC and work. Matthew Chapter 27 (King James Version): 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they [...]

[1] And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. [2] (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) [3] And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. [4] And Joseph also [...]