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The Cookies of Lady Jacoba

This past summer, as part of an NEH seminar on Dante. I visited the beautiful town of Assisi, home of St. Francis. While we were

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APB: JB MIA

Ladies and Gentlemen: John the Baptizer is missing! JB: I am not missing. I am right here. I simply no longer wish to be associated

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All I want for Advent  

“A deliberate tension must be built into our practice of the Advent season. Christ has come, and yet not all things have reached completion. While

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Tomorrow I Am Coming

  O Wisdom, you come forth from the mouth of the Most High. You create the universe and hold all things together with strength and

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First Snow

First Snow (upper case) is supposed to fall from heavenly clouds that spill feathers. It’s supposed to descend as if Mother Nature, somewhere up above,

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Armistice

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Armistice. Marked as the official end of World War I. The origin of Veterans

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