http://theanchoressonline.com Religion. Politics. Punditry. Baseball. You know, all the important stuff. Mon, 12 May 2008 04:07:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Stompin' at the Savoy" - Oscar Peterson on Piano, John Dankworth on Sax She's the stuff.ShareThis http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/11/miss-ella-stompin-genius/ All the pro-life rhetoric in the world pales in comparison to seeing real people choose life, love, family and hope for the future. Nobody is missing from the family pictures. Everyone is there. Congrats and God Bless to David & Missy and their little strawberry-blonde daughter, and ... http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/11/congrats-to-david-missy/ For Pentecost - musings on the Trinity. COME, Holy Ghost, send down those beams, which sweetly flow in silent streams from Thy bright throne above O come, Thou Father of the poor; O come, Thou source of all our store, come, fill our hearts with love. Full text here Another version, slightly different and with wonderful harmonies: ShareThis http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/10/veni-creator-spiritus/ Don't dress your black cat up in a pink tutu. Not even metaphorically. http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/09/good-advice/ Sure, it's just a goofy, clumsy mispeak that could happen to anyone. The sort of thing I ordinarily wouldn't even write about because we all misspeak. It happens. But...I dunno...I'm not a spiteful sort but it seems like there just needs to be some balance, doesn't it? If ... http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/09/obamas-57-states/ It is, of course, as I have written elsewhere, the 150th anniversary of Our Lady's appearances to Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto at Lourdes. Fr. James Martin, who writes beautifully about his experiences at Lourdes in his book, My Life With the Saints, has taken another trip there, to help out ... http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/09/martin-on-lourdes/ I started doing this back in April, and for some reason people like this Q&A format and keep asking for more, and more, so...here's more. Q: Anchoress, you wrote a frivolous piece about your soul and coffee; does that mean you're feeling better? A: Praise God, yes, I am finally emerging from ... http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/09/answers-questions-again/ Is it me, or does it seem like reporters aren't even trying to make sense anymore? Tricia Nixon was risque in a sleeveless gown at her Rose Garden wedding. Oh please. In 1971, this might have been fashion forward, very lovely and "different" (neither hippy-granny dress, nor blowsy meringue) but it ... http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/08/this-is-risque/ After four days in the house, sleeping nearly continuously thanks to my oxygen-deprived and bleary state, I desperately needed to get out of the house today, and also I needed to buy a card/gift for the Mother-in-Law (who deserves much more than either card or gift), so I ventured out ... http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/08/my-soul-for-a-cup-of-coffee/ UPDATE: When I wrote this I had not heard Hillary's "hard-working white Americans" blurb. Very stupid. I said earlier that her persistence might mean she was a psychopath - that was meant as a throwaway joke - but, well, as Peggy Noonan points out, this whole thing has ... http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/05/08/while-i-am-down/