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GREAT book on Catholicism, Mary and the Saints

I wrote a few posts on Catholicism some years back and they still get lots of hits, so I thought it would be helpful and appropriate to post this great book on Catholicism I found this morning at gutenberg.org called:

Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year, edited by Bonaventure Hammer.

(My prior posts: 14 Holy Helpers; Prayers for True Desperation; The Infant of Prague I; Infant of Prague II)

Embeddable book from Archive.org:

Happee Burfdae to my Blog

I've had this blog for FOUR YEARS today.

I thought about going through and pulling my favorite posts and items from each year, but when I saw there were almost 1600 of them total I decided against it.  ... And then there are all of the photos and music...

I thought about listing all of my neighbors and something about them, but you all know who you are, and that if you are in my "FRIENDS" list I think you are especially special.

So that's it, rather unceremonious, but there you have it. 

I went on a mini-field trip today

Fort Point Civil War Living History Day, San Francisco, CA. 8/21/10

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Even all the way out here, as far West as you can possibly go, there's Civil War history. I live just a few miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, and Fort Point sits at the base of the bridge on the San Francisco side. I went there today for Civil War Living History Day. I was lucky enough to get a...

Video: Four Seasons of Yellowstone

This 30 minute video of the changing seasons at Yellowstone National Park is just lovely.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIEWING.  

Ooh!! You'll like this!

The HAND FAN MUSEUM of Healdsburg, CA.

You can see images of past exhibits, or watch a 7 minute video about the museum, or see the fans they have in their store.

I am partial to the first one, with cat heads as flower tops.

A book for Neighbor Aubrey

Funny thing it's written by a Robert Ross, not Bob Ross, but it's still funny.

A Sketchbook of R. Caldecott's

I don't know why she irks and aggravates me, I wish I could put my finger on why Kate Greenaway's works irritate me when I love Randolph Caldecott's art so much - since they are, according to popular consensus, very similar, if not practically identical, styles.

Old-time Appalachian Fiddle Tunes

Yeah, I know I started a history blog so I wouldn't drive you nuts with this stuff, but these songs from the Internet Archive aren't exactly Civil War tunes... they're just old.

A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week With Chicken Pie by Arkansas Woodchopper.  

Sally Ann by Frank Blevins & his Tarheel Rattlers.

Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat by A.A. Gray & John Dilleshaw aka: Seven Foot Dilly.

Soldier's Joy by The Skillet Lickers.

Sing me a Song of the South by Joseph Natus.

QotD: I Scream for Ice Cream

Ice cream season is here! What's your favorite flavor? How do you take it? (Cup, cone, waffle cone, sundae etc.)

It's the same answer as last year, and the year before that... It's always Hershey's Teaberry ice cream, and I like it in milkshake form, it's easier to shoot it directly into my veins that way.

QotD: Best first album

What is the best FIRST album of all time?

I could list about 15 that I can think of, so I'll probably be changing my answer later...

Rock?  The Cars - Cars Vs. Van Halen - Van Halen

Punk?  Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols Vs. The Ramones - Ramones

Girl pop?  Beauty and the Beat - The GoGos Vs. In the Heat of the Night - Pat Benetar

New Wave?  The B-52s - B-52s

Aural perfection?  The Clash - Clash