Keeping local communities alive by Roger Boyd (Resilience)

Long day - much of it spent at church - Father K had a talk as a part of the series - discussion today of theosis and nous. Then vespers with Father A and blessing of icons. Tomorrow is the Sunday of Orthodoxy. (No chanting of the anathemas though. Don't know if it is done anywhere around here.) And tonight I went to The Counter with some friends, with good conversation for the most part. Worship and fellowship... life should be like this more.

Michelle Tam and Chris Kresser

Saw them tonight in Corte Madera. Nom Nom Paleo and Chris Kresser.

Dom Philip Anderson on EWTN Live

Fr. Cassian on Lectio Divina

Post by Monks of Norcia.

Lost my voice mail messages today when I switched from post to pre-paid. There wasn't really any way to save the messages unless I recorded the sound from the phone. A good birthday message from the MD's kids, a couple of others that I kept for sentimental value, like AH's message.

Hobbit Homeland

Photos of New Zealand

A Night in Old Mexico

Post by Cowboys & Indians - The Premier Magazine of the West.

Some info about the movie.

Precisely.

Welmer: Despite Cutbacks, Military Still Committed to Putting Girls in Combat

With the AA policies in place, only ignoramuses and idealogues think that this is a good thing. Still, a weaker military may be beneficial to those who want to hold on to republican government.

Alan Jackson, "It's Alright To Be A Redneck"

The Universal Call to Holiness

LifeTeen + Pope Francis; still the message is not a Vatican II novelty but one that is basic to Christianity.

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X\Controversy for Uhmerica

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Bhaskar Save

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Save-Sanghavi Farm

Representative or Selective?

Upbeat future for priesthood? 3 California seminarians who answered call

3 Hispanic seminarians for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Seafood... and Real Food

Post by Weston A. Price Foundation.

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The Benefits of Singing According to Brian Eno

Singing: The Key To A Long Life

Final Season of Psych...

Post by Psych.

PCI Guide to Building Thriving, Resilient Communities

Post by Post Carbon Institute.

Look at the make-up of the group of people at RSF Social Finance conference in the photo... no agenda here? Unlikely.

Post by Be A Localist.

College Athletics and the Common Good by Anthony Esolen

Of the nature of vocation and its current modern distortions (via Tea at Trianon)

"Hell is other people." Not quite, but other people can challenge us in both good ways and bad. Can we tease apart the different trials that can affect marriage, the different sins to which each sex is prone without negating the distinct (and unequal) roles of husbands and wives?

The New Singleness by Maggie Gallagher

Stephen Klugewicz Has a Positive Appraisal of Verbinski's Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger and the Nationalist Myth

I had a review in the works but never finished it - the movie had its moments but ultimately was too Disneyfied for me to recommend, and I did not think that it did justice to the genre. Klugewicz makes some good points, but will it matter to those who received the movie as another bashing of white males?

An Update from Gene Logsdon, and a New Book

His blog. (Resilience)

Ever since Energy Bulletin was replaced by Resilience I have not been visiting the site daily. (It is still a useful clearinghouse of links pertaining to peak oil, energy, localism, and so on. Though it may be less "ecumenical" than before.) Consequently I had not been reading Gene Logsdon's blog posts. He has announced that he has cancer. He has not yet reconciled to God and His Church. I will have to see if he talks about his seminary experience in his autobiography - maybe his alienation is understandable. Kyrie eleison.

The Accelerated Crash Course

Post by Chris Martenson.

Six Californias?

John Seiler for Chronicles.