{"id":5187,"date":"2012-03-29T18:03:48","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T22:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2017-01-25T18:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T23:03:05","slug":"too-busy-to-post-much-today-so-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/03\/too-busy-to-post-much-today-so-instead.html","title":{"rendered":"Too busy to post much today, so instead…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026 some links I hope you find interesting, uplifting, and enlightening. <\/p>\n

This one\u2019s for you, Earl Scruggs<\/a>. Requiscat in pace. <\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-17542469?ref=nf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A video of the Pope and Fidel Castro meeting<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.businessinsider.com\/2012-03-27\/politics\/31243411_1_anti-castro-protests-cuban-regime-castro-regime\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Libertad<\/a>! <\/p>\nThe Pope in a sombrero\u2026<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/Pope-sombrero_2177185b.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/Pope-sombrero_2177185b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pope-sombrero_2177185b\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5188\"><\/a><\/p>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\nMy grandfather had a farm in Williamsburg and my happiest childhood memories were Christmas at his house and then heading to Colonial Williamsburg for hot apple cider. <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsnew.history.org\/topics\/gardens\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The springs there were just as wonderful. Oh, the gardens<\/a>! Today I am feeling nostalgic and a tad home sick for Virginia. <\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/colonial-williamsburg-garden-2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/colonial-williamsburg-garden-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"colonial-williamsburg-garden-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5195\"><\/a><\/p>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/tonight\/moon-and-winter-circle-high-in-west-on-march-29\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Look heavenward this evening<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/11mar29_430.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/11mar29_430.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"11mar29_430\" width=\"430\" height=\"430\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5189\"><\/a><\/p>\nWhen I was a little girl I wanted to go to the moon. I even went to NASA\u2019s space camp one summer. I tried to join the Air Force after high school but didn\u2019t score high enough on the ASVAB. Astronomy was my favorite subject in college and the only science I passed without tremendous effort and the aid of a tutor. Everyone loves astronomy because even a child has sense enough to look at the stars and be awed.<\/p>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\nThe cover art for the Magnificat\u2019s Holy Week edition [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnificat.com\/flipbookus\/holy_week\/index.asp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">download for free \u2193<\/a>] is of Jesus Mocked, by Phillipe de Champaigne. Just rest your eyes on it for a minute. Take two if you like. <\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/Jesus-Mocked-by-Phillipe-de-Champaigne.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/03\/Jesus-Mocked-by-Phillipe-de-Champaigne.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jesus Mocked by Phillipe de Champaigne\" width=\"405\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5190\"><\/a> <\/p>\nThen let your ears rest on this\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7MuNbmoT4So?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\nAnd finally, 2 links for your intellectual enjoyment. <\/p>\nMark Driscoll thinks we Catholics have too many books in our bible. <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicdefense.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/mark-driscoll-and-canon-of-scripture.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s why he\u2019s dead wrong.<\/a> <\/p>\nIn debates it\u2019s important to remember the <a href=\"http:\/\/cantuar.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/how-to-recognize-7-diversion-tactics-in.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">7 Diversion Tactics used in Philosophy and Theology<\/a> \u2026 because you can only say \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/i-like-straight-talk.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">yeah but, I feel\u2026<\/a>\u201d so much. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2026 some links I hope you find interesting, uplifting, and enlightening. This one\u2019s for you, Earl Scruggs. Requiscat in pace. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 A video of the Pope and Fidel Castro meeting. Libertad! The Pope in a sombrero\u2026 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 My grandfather had a farm in Williamsburg and my happiest childhood memories were Christmas at his house and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,246,247],"tags":[91915],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-lent2012","category-random","tag-lent2012"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Too busy to post much today, so instead...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... some links I hope you find interesting, uplifting, and enlightening. This one's for you, Earl Scruggs. 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