Scorpion Stalking Duck

 A scorpion came to visit us during a thunderstorm.

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St. Vincent de Paul is the patron of charitable societies.  He dedicated his life to service of the poor and to preaching.  This photograph of St. Vincent de Paul is that of a waxen figu...

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It has been more than a year since I last posted on this blog.....

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I have noticed that most German fountain pen nibs are a bit wider than other nibs.  This is important for me, because I prefer extra fine nibs for my writing at home and at work.  I encounter a...

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I added another occupation to my blog description, and a quote from G.K. Chesterton: "Random Thoughts of a Catholic Husband, Father, Physician, Licensed Commercial Septic System Operator, Driv...

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When I was a child, there were these discs you could buy called 'records,' which contained music.  They were played on a device called, oddly enough, a record player.  A tiny stylus would ru...

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Before I talk about the Noodler's Ink fountain pen known as the Ahab, I want to give a shout out to a couple of companies which I discovered recently:  The Goulet Pen Company , and Noodler's In...

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Warning: This is a post about vulgar language.  It contains vulgar language. Recently an AsianAir Passenger Airliner crashed on landing at San Francisco International Airport,  This trag...

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Is this your pigeon? This pigeon showed up at our house on Friday. We are providing food and water for it. It has a green band on its right leg and when we try to get close, it flies off ver...

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I recently had a procedure done, which gave me the opportunity to put myself into the role of patient rather than physician.  I tried really hard to not let on that I was a doctor, but even...

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Pro-Life Poetry, by Father Edward Mathias Robinson, O.P. 2013 St. Albert the Great Priory Irving, Texas Fourteen pages of poems written by Fr. Edward Robinson, a Dominican priest.  Fr...

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Book Review: Irish Pub Cooking How should I write a book review for this cookbook?  Should I comment on the writing style, or the editorial remarks which invariably accompany each recipe...

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Last Thursday I took a couple of our cars to a local garage to get their oil changed. I figured it was about time, as they were both 5,000 miles past the recommended service point.  It was ...

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There is a beautiful Catholic Church in downtown San Antonio right along the Riverwalk. For several years, we were parishioners there.  It was founded by German immigrants, and it is known as St...

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I was reminded of this poem as I sampled a bit of Bohemian Black Lager made at Shiner Brewery if Shiner, Texas: High and Low, by James H. Cousins He stumbled home from Clifden fair With drun...

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I was looking for a bit of misplaced writing when I searched through the 'Draft' list of the blog and came across this unnamed entry.  It consists of four pictures.  One is of the Albino charac...

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Instead of filling your pen with ink, you could fill it with your favorite beverage. Let me know how it works out.

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First let me show you what a two dollar pistol is:  I first heard about one of these pistols in a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. The main character was declared 'hotter than a two dollar pistol...

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It had been two years since we visited Clear Creek Monastery, or Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey .  Every year our local home school group would travel up to Oklahoma and spend a weekend doin...

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Write Garbage.....the phrase keeps coming back to me.  I heard it a while ago at a time management conference for high school students.  After the children listened to the presenter (I can...

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It's not what it seems.... How to Hook and Launch: Traction Mods for Street & Strip Dick Miller There are times when I wonder how I ended up reviewing the books I review.  This book is ...

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The chickens are now about five months old, and a lot has happened since we first got that box of baby chicks at our local post office.  I thought I would update everyone on what the chickens ar...

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JUST ADD WATER: MAKING THE CITY OF CHICAGO Renee Kreczmer Lake Claremont Press 2012 Can anything good come from Chicago? This variation on a passage in St. John's Gospel is what I fir...

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