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As I posted last Wednesday here   Off to France today!   we went to a wedding of close friends daughter . Here is Margaret, my future dentist, the 4th daughter of my current dentist Peter. At her wedding reception. Can you pick her out? Brigid at the cocktail hour(s) – oysters and champagne – before…

In New York magazine a writer spends a week at the annual Mensa conference. Hit the Mensa link and you can take an IQ challenge. You should be able to access the article below without hitting a paywall. In the designated game room at the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada, which was open 24…

On NRO. There's no pay wall up for this article. On the menu today: A look at the virulently anti-religion Left and the genesis of a new slur. The Obama administration spent years, heaps of energy, and countless tax dollars trying to bully the Little Sisters of the Poor into offering employees contraception coverage in…

The Polish-American Shrine to Our Lady of Czestochowa is located in Doylestown, PA.  I visited there awhile ago, sadly for the funeral of a close friend who died too soon.  

Yes off for a wedding – Margaret marries Pierre – Margaret being 4th daughter of our great friends Peter and Chris! Here’s the wide of view where we are headed – west coast of France. And a closeup – sort of. Staying in the Hotel de la plage. We are back Monday night. Meanwhile, Farandaville…

Pretty good presentation of his position, which is the standard position (which gets attacked all the time) best laid out by Saint John Paul II's favorite theologian Fr. Hans Urs Von Balthasar in his book Dare We Hope that All Men be Saved. Of course 99% of the critics never read the book. Von Balthasar…

It’s the Memorare of course. I’ve known about this for decades and use it quite often. Wish I knew about it before French exams in college … Who knows? Need help right away? Make Mother Teresa’s emergency novena And then there’s this – By whom and when was the Memorare composed? And here is the…

Of course with Brigid having five years in Jamaica, and I having two, we are aficionados. This video may be more than many people care to know – but I enjoyed it. This guy has a pretty popular website about mixed drinks and all spirits.  

Give her credit for the admission.  Below the NY Times article and excerpts there's a short video worth watching if you care about the subject. Here's the NY Times – Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Wednesday delivered a sweeping rebuke of her agency’s handling of…

Yes a wonderful friend, a wonderful person, with a wonderful family. I will miss him. He was 90 and if you look at his obituary below, you’ll see he lead a full life. Clem Crossing the Bar By Alfred, Lord Tennyson   Sunset and evening star,       And one clear call for me! And may there…