Tom Faranda's Folly

For sure. And one in spanish.

This was yesterday – Brigid wondering why he kept gazing heavenward …   And here in 2012 –  

Thanks to my friend Linda for this. Click on the link below, and then click on any of the (tiny) dots on the map for a view of that exact street and building. From a survey done from 1939-1941!  It’s a little fiddly but quite neat once you get the hang of it. Full disclosure … Read more

I loved it. This is an obituary from the NY Times for "Marvin Creamer, a Mariner Who Sailed Like the Ancients, Dies at 104". No GPS for him, not even a sextant; the sun and the stars did nicely. He was the first recorded person to sail round the world without navigational instruments. And here's … Read more

Robert George – pretty well-known author and speaker. After all, you make "your own truth." That's him with Cornel West. Imagine that I am running for public office—say, president of the United States—and I claim to be a “committed secular progressive.” You say, “But Professor George, you're no such thing. You're not secular—you’re Catholic; you're … Read more

This is the interfaith remembrance I had sent around – calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. It's a one hour presentation which I tuned to when it was live. The facilitator is Rev. John Dear a Catholic priest and former Jesuit. The keynote speaker is Dr. Ira Helfand (a medical doctor), one of the … Read more

Haha. John Rhys-Davies was also the voice of Treebeard the Ent in the LOTR Trilogy. And check out this recent post if you like LOTR – Lord of the Rings – "Flight to the ford" – with Liv Tyler as Arwen . Hit the arrow and then you need to hit the link taking you … Read more

Nice going.  “A tax expert interviewed by the Journal in 2019 called the Biden’s scheme ‘pretty aggressive’; another told the paper it served only to avoid the payroll taxes.” Indeed it is. Not sure why the IRS wouldn’t have called those retained earnings income.  Joe Biden responded to President Trump’s partial suspension of payroll-tax collections … Read more

An important feast as it says something about our ultimate destiny. Here’s a short article and more paintings below – The fact that there was a celebration of Mary’s entrance into Heaven tells us that early Christians believed that there was something special about the end of Mary’s time on earth (called her Dormition (“falling … Read more

I don't bowl but looking forward to the gym reopening. That's me wearing my Georgia t-shirt As bowling alleys resume operations, protocols for gyms will be coming Monday as well. Cuomo did not elaborate on what that might entail.