February 2012
21 posts
Douk-Douk pocket knife →
“The springtime of the Fast has dawned,
The flower of repentance has begun to...”
– Lenten Triodion
“In Poland, we don’t ask, we do. Why problem make when you no problem have...”
– Trollhunter (2010)
When my index finger gets tired while scrolling through Tumblr I use my little finger instead to give it a break.
To do:
I’d like to have a good meal comprised only of things I’ve caught, grown and harvested myself. Can I do it?
trntbl - theohpioneer →
Going to put this playlist here for later.
Scotland in June. AWWW YEEEAAH.
My gr.gr.gr.gr. grandfather was a fisherman, made his living in this loch, and I will be there in June.
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January 2012
9 posts
Amazon Wishlist
10 books in my wishlist on Amazon:
Update: I’ve ordered The Mountain of Silence as well as New Seeds of Contemplation, so they should be here within a couple weeks. We Shall See Him As He Is: The Spiritual Autobiography of Elder Sophrony
The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality
Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity
The Way of a Pilgrim and The...
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the...”
– ― Roald Dahl I love Roald Dahl.
I was able to get my hands on an old poem that I wrote - probably December 2004.
This was just after I recommitted my life to Christ.
“Change”
grey clouds and darkened skies in my dreams like broken hymns, sung to the tune of angels screams choirs, like fire under the mantle, spread the black against the wall further away seemed closer to forever. the moon…and the...
““Yet man dies not whilst the world, at once his mother and his monument,...”
– H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines
kormosendre replied to your photo: Went to take photos with Jen yesterday.. this is…
What film / camera?
I usually use a Minolta SRT 201, but I dropped it recently.. and now it’s not working haha..
So I’m currently using my Minolta X-700 and yesterday I used Fujichrome Superia 400 and Kodak Gold 400 (nothing special), both expired however long ago.. third roll is from a few...
December 2011
3 posts
“Let sorrows cease, learn this lesson: Death is peace.”
– My great, great grandfather left behind his journal from about 1885-1895, and this was a line in a poem that he wrote. The context is him whispering that line from beyond to those mourners at his funeral. R.I.P Duncan.
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or...”
– Rachel Carson
November 2011
2 posts
Bing Crosby on the record player :)
the darkness of unknowing →
I’m compiling quotes/photos/everything else about Orthodoxy/Christianity/Philosophy/Etcetera. Mostly just clearing my ‘likes’ and putting them all in one place, but also a place to put things I find elsewhere. It’s really just things I come across along the way to wherever I’m heading as they related to Christianity [going through a lot of E.Orthodox and Catholic] and...
October 2011
3 posts
Welcome to my entire life.. swallowtheseas:
im really fucking tired of not being able to breathe through my damn nose.
“The day is short, the labor vast, the toilers idle, the reward great, and the...”
– (Avot 2:20-21)
September 2011
7 posts
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“We go out from the known to the unknown, we advance from light into darkness. We...”
– Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Way (via redviena)
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“The religious bad men of my youth have been some of the most destructive and yet...”
– (via popestvictor)
I don’t think I’ll ever really understand the U.S.A Brand Christianity that they sell the world. I don’t want it, thanks.
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Amputees, Guessing Games & How to Win an Argument
My wife’s article “Amputees, Guessing Games & How to Win an Argument” Unity and Christianity.
tiffanyjane:
Love Wins.
It shouldn’t be controversial to start a blog post with that phrase.
But somehow over the past few months, that phrase has become one of the most popular catalysts for controversy among groups of Christians on the Internet.
For those that are unaware,...
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all...”
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loopcam:
Posted by Tiffany Taylor
August 2011
15 posts
“Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold...”
– Swami Vivekananda
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our...”
– Mark Twain
