St Paul denied his original self, in order to replace it with something fundamentally more Precious. His narratives and actions, have been recorded in history through his own prodigious inspired writings and that of his collaborators, and in recent history by the cinematographers. When I first watched Paul, Apostle of Christ the 2018 American biblical drama film, it…
Comfort food today was a bowl of uma-kara spicy flavored Nissin Instant Ramen, with a local Chew’s Sakura egg, lightly cooked in heated broth, and topped by fried dried shrimps, a local sun-dried garnishing imparting a unique umami taste. Served in a Chinese Jingdezhen dragon motif porcelain bowl. Panasonic Lumix G9, 42.5 mm Lumix lens (iso…
G9 Lumix; M. Zuiko 75-300 mm – 1/400 sec. f/6.3 228 mm; 2x cropped. August 2021
The Good Salad: Dressing: (mix well and chill) 1/4 cup canola oil; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 2 cloves of minced garlic; 1/2 teaspoon of salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; honey to taste Ingredients: 2 bunches of torn Romaine lettuce; 2 cups chopped tomatoes; 1 cup shredded red and while cheddar cheese; 2/3 cup slivered toasted almonds;…
Lines divide …………………………………… or they unite Lines block ……………………………………. or they move Lines are rigid ……………………… or they are wiggly Lines are straight …………………… or they are wavy Lines encircle ………………………. or they can radiate Lines are focused ….. or they are allowed to meander Lines are heavy ………………………….. or they are dotty Lines clarify…
These series of pictures of sunbirds show the demands on their attention as they go about their simple lives. A loud cry had startled this female sunbird to scan the heavens just as she is ready to work on the nectar of the red button ginger plant. The male sunbird, an even more flighty creature,…
Nature’ gentle symmetry is often unexpectedly revealed in the passive draw and perch of gravity, growth, and rest. A perch for the Bulbul parent and it’s off-spring, or the graceful ascent of an errant creeper to meet its fate amidst the majestic crown of the Rangoon creeper. What else can we do but just to…
I wrote this in March 2020, and stopped. ” Writing in February (2020), I did not believe the world would turn in such a way as if nothing else matters, to be able to think of nothing else, but as a contagion which has afflicted the earth and its people in a hundred varied ways.…
The two consecutive Gospel Readings that confronted me on Saturday after Ash Wednesday and on the following day, the First Sunday of Lent challenged the present-day cozy certainty that a Christian life paved with good intentions, faith, hope and love will inevitably succeed – and bears witness to the angst-filled battles in the lives of…
With news that Mount Semeru in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park has erupted, and is pouring ash and smoke an estimated 5.6km into the sky above East Java, i am brought back to the recollection of our trek up Mt Bromo at its northern base from Pura Luhur Poten Gunung Bromo. See ” The…