Taken at sunset (obviously!) on Saturday the 17th at the “Afternoon of Prayerful Remembrance” for people who have lost children prenatally for any reason, or at birth. It was sponsored by the Family Life/Respect Life Office (Sisters of Life) – Archdiocese of NY and Lumina Hope and Healing. This day is offered periodically throughout the … Read more
Another good video from the Jesuit publication; – ten minutes long. From the priest who did this talk – Jesuit magazine video: Why is the Pope talking about the Devil? “Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., looks at the enormous influence St. Paul has had on civilization, including on our language, by looking at four of his letters.”
From the YES network.
I posted this interesting article yesterday NY Times: "How Exercise Keeps Us Young" and now here's an article from the Express (UK). Daily walk adds years to your life: Just 20 minutes a day is enough
Amazing feat – I’ve been posting about this here Two climbers close to completing the El Capitan free climb and here Amazing stuff: Free climbing Yosemite cliff – El Capitan . I’m still waiting for the answer to how you deal with bathroom issues up on the wall?
Led by the intrepid Jeanne Marie; four pictures and more to follow. Yeah, it was cold … and slippery … and windy at times. Four on this walk – besides myself, Jeanne Marie (in Blue), Brigid (red) and Joe with his mountain guide look. Views from the top into the reservoir – around 2:30 yesterday. … Read more
Great choice; he's a wonderful guy. CROTON KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO HONOR BILL RYDER KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS YEAR'S HONOREE IS LONG TIME CROTON RESIDENT, WILLIAM RYDER. January 15, 2015
Nine years since I checked in. I posted about this anniversary in 2008, with some additional links here – Time flies when you're having fun: Today is second anniversary of start of my twenty day stay at Sloan Kettering This was for my "high dose" chemotherapy, aiming to kill any remaining surviving cancer cells from … Read more
The movie about the early life of physicist Stepen Hawking. I've posted about Hawking a number of times and read his justly famous book which came out in 1988, A Brief History of Time. I've posted a few times about his atheism, like here. Barron has an excellent short discussion in this video, pointing out … Read more
A relatively easy one: Turkey Mountain, noon on this Saturday. Weather forecast for that time and day: low 20’s and sunny. Contact me if you’d like to join us. Jeanne Marie and I decided to do one hike a month (at least), with each of us alternating where. JM decided on this one (a good … Read more