{Repost: I like this picture better.} Pres. Lincoln overseeing the preparation of Mr. Lowe’s balloon. The Air & Space Museum is putting on special events remembering the Civil War. Here the Balloon Corps is being reenacted. Oh, and the man playing Abe is my father.
I am late in noting the latest Biblioblogging Carnival, a sin which is all the more egregious because there is a kind mention of this blog, stating that my call for an end to endnotes “the most relevant, inspired, and insightful post of the year.” Thank you. Thank you very […]
I am very grateful to my friend Dr. Robert Cargill (yet again!). He has given me the wonderful gift of…a URL! http://pelonialmoni.com/ This comes from, as you all know, Ruth 4:1 וַיֹּאמֶר סוּרָה שְׁבָה־פֹּה פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי The NRSV provides a lovely (if not entirely accurate) translation, “So Boaz said, ‘Come over, […]
You have no doubt noticed lately on my blog that there have been posts with but a single picture and a few words accompanying the image. I am using the now widely used app Instagram, coupled with Posterous. The first allows you to run your image through a few funky […]