Understanding the Times
The CBS Sunday Morning Show

The CBS Sunday Morning Show

We have become avid fans of The CBS Sunday Morning Show — taping it and enjoying it later.  The Show Takes Me Back These ninety minutes remind  me of  the magazines to which my parents subscribed: LIFE — LOOK — Colliers — and of course, The Saturday Evening Post.  The...

read more
Silent Witness on Human Trafficking

Silent Witness on Human Trafficking

On Human Trafficking We watched SILENT WITNESS— a long-running British forensic science series  on Britbox.  We are long-time fans — but have learned to pace our selves.  It’s not wise to binge watch it!  We watch a few episodes and then have to realign our brains and...

read more
Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso So we are finally watching Ted Lasso.  It is as engaging as many described, with funny characters, good plots, and peppered with SALTY words and more than suggestive romps! FYI: HOLY SMOKE . . . language alert! AND F-bombs are not the only incoming -- yes,...

read more
The Cloistered Life and Me

The Cloistered Life and Me

The Cloistered life  Convents and nuns intrigued me growing up.  I read The Nun's Story by Kathryn Hulme and later loved the movie by the same name. The Trouble with Angels also colored my imagination; as did The Sound of Music.  In early 1960’s, I could readily...

read more
The FOURTH of July 2023

The FOURTH of July 2023

Today's the FOURTH!  Happy Fourth of July! A Bit Late The United States of America is two hundred and forty-seven years young!  It was no picnic for those who secured our freedom—after the Declaration’s signing: Throughout the course of the war, an estimated 6,800...

read more
Masking  Again

Masking Again

Masking again?  Yes— Now, though, I am masking for  outside— not inside.   Who knew we could live through a CODE PURPLE weather alert day? Good Grief —It’s a good thing we cornered the market on N-95 masks a few months  back. These treacherous smoky skies — blanketing...

read more
The Outreach of Anglican Liturgy

The Outreach of Anglican Liturgy

So Many Pageants and So Much Liturgy In the past year, we have had quite helping of Anglican liturgy: first, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, then, alas, her funeral and now Charles’ coronation.   So much that the press broadcast — sans commercials — was Christian...

read more

Thank you for visiting!

If you're new here,
you may want to subscribe for updates.