Weekend 600.0 (…a bell-note floating to the sun)
“In God is my hope. R.B. 1605” (1) One more last quote from Steeple Chasing by Peter Ross: “There is a long tradition of giving names to bells, as if they were Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Quotes
Weekend 599.0 (the highway sets the traveler’s stage…)
“Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, Continue Reading →
Weekend 597.2
Quotes from Steeple Chasing: Around Britian by Church by Peter Ross: Most cathedrals have been built and rebuilt over centuries. From the moment a new stone is set in place Continue Reading →
UK Trip (Christmas 2023)
It was predominately a trip for FOOTBALL. I saw the Saints play two at home in Southampton and one on the road in Norwich. They won their home matches against Continue Reading →
2023 Advent Retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey
“I am like a portable sanctuary filled with the real presence of God. Being a temple of God, how can I but see God everywhere I look? Within your temple, Continue Reading →
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies.
(1) A quote from Naked Airport by Alastair Gordon “Everything inside the terminal—flight information board, lights, staircase, railings—was designed to be part of a total environment in which each part Continue Reading →
Weekend 585.0 (Sunken Departure Lounge)
(1) Flight of fancy: The TWA Hotel (YouTube) (2) Solari boards: The disappearing sound of airports (BBC) (3) Limestone Roof Photo Archives: TWA Hotel (Updated) (4) TWA Hotel playlist on Continue Reading →
Weekend 575.0
(1) More quotes from On Modernism’s Ruins: The Architecture of “Building Stories” and Lost Buildings by Daniel Worden: “For Samuelson, as for Ware, history is present through objects, and the Continue Reading →
Immortalized in Stained-Glass
A quote from Bermuda’s Story by Terry Tucker: “On the north side of the nave in the Bermuda Cathedral in Hamilton you will see a stained-glass window picturing the storm Continue Reading →
Weekend 560.2 (pro Ecclesia contra mundum)
Excerpt from “Benedict XVI and the Call to Holiness” by Joseph Pearce The spirit of worldliness within the Church, which is made manifest in modernism, can only be countered by Continue Reading →