Ice Saints are actually a thing. The Ice Saints are Mamertus, Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren and Bonifcas of Tarsus, and having now looked them up I need to share this particular rabbit hole. I went to wikipedia. First for the Ice Saints, they are the saint days that fall in mid May and... Continue Reading →
Rabbit
It's hard to know where you are in the general flow of the world sometimes. There are days that just go easily, and others, like today, where I'm brought up short and I don't know why. I don't know whether I've brought this upon myself. There wasn't much going wrong, but things didn't flow. For... Continue Reading →
Find a Hero
The world is missing the good sort of heroes these days. I had a few in the past, people who who stood up for others, worked with integrity in difficult situations, or used whatever fame or talent they had to further kindness in the world. There are always a few, working quietly, but they don't... Continue Reading →
Gentle Giants
Last weekend, I went up to climb near the St. Bernard pass, where that breed of dogs came from. I could see four dogs in a kennel back behind our lodgings and got curious about the breed, so here's what I learned: They were smaller in the past. It's only been the last two hundred... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 