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    I Am An American

    August 20, 2025 - By ginny

    If ICE shows up when my lawn guys are working, I will go out with my walker and shout at them to get off my property, and demand to see a warrant. I will make one hell of a racket, and my immigrant neighbors are welcome to video it all.

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  • Hot Off The Presses - Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics - Theocracy Watch

    Northern CA Church In Vote Gathering Scheme

    November 9, 2024 - By ginny

      The real voter fraud was quietly taking place at churches like this. And they think it’s their God-given right to take over school boards, too. www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/norcal-church-ballot-collection-tehama-19901332.php

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  • Mini-Posts - Theocracy Watch

    The far-right megadonor pouring over $10m into the US election to defeat ‘the woke regime’

    October 22, 2024 - By ginny

    Records show Thomas Klingenstein is at the forefront of donors pushing polarizing politics in the Republican party   Link: The far-right megadonor pouring over $10m into the US election to defeat ‘the woke regime’

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  • All Things Interesting - Episcopal - Hot Off The Presses - Only in Utah...

    There Goes Salt Lake, Bulldozing My Memories Again. / Post.

    December 14, 2022 - By ginny

    The church I attended as a kid is being torn down, the people are now renting space from the Episcopal church down the street. As I’m now Episcopalian, but taking a break from weekly attendance, I’m feeling very off-balance about this.

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  • Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA) - Sewing And Quilting

    I may dabble in mask making again… singing without a mask is too damn risky

    May 1, 2022 - By ginny

    Masks for singers: design specializations for breathability, filtration, fit and acoustics based on the science of singing, particles & COVID. — Read on makermask.org/constructing-masks-for-singers/amp/ Someone at church contracted Covid during Holy Week; we’ve relaxed mask requirements, but now that seems risky. Especially for those of us in the choir, and though we have “singers’ masks,” they’re not very good. Meanwhile, infection rates are trending upward, a young family member tested positive, and an older family member has an upper respiratory infection (not Covid). It seems to me that we’ll see a summer spike as people attend large events – we’re…

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  • Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA) - The Never-Ending Bloga

    Stress-Induced Total Immobility Syndrome: Too Much SITS, not enough getting ‘er done (till now).

    September 17, 2017 - By ginny

    Here’s one of my church chums giving the sermon today, in a badass ensemble consisting of a prayer stole or preaching stole and a fine Cubs T-shirt. We’re still in Summer Casual mode at Holy Moly. When I’m under pressure and feeling overwhelmed, I SITS around a lot watching TV, goofing around on Twitter, and sending texts and postcards to random Congresspeople and government departement secretaries. Yesterday, I was up against a hard time limit and solved a technical issue with one of my website/blogs that’s been frustrating me for months. So, finally, I went back to church at Holy…

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  • Episcopal

    Liberal Christian Ponders Stuff

    August 28, 2017 - By ginny

    I haven’t been to church in weeks. Months. This is unusual, because I like going to church, singing, seeing people. My reasons are very trivial: I am responsible for the church website and it needs to be updated, but to do that I need to sit at my desk rather than recline on the couch or in bed. And I don’t want to dig into my photos, revamp stuff, and create a tutorial for how to update the church website for interested persons who don’t know anything about WordPress. At least, not right now. And I don’t want to be…

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  • Episcopal

    Q&A with Professor Mathew Sheep: Why didn’t Episcopal Church split after election of gay bishop?

    October 9, 2015 - By ginny

    The 2003 election of Rev. Gene Robinson as the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop set off an internal debate that led a number of members within several conservative dioceses and parishes to leave the church. from Pocket http://ift.tt/1Nw3aq3 via IFTTT

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    Why didn’t the Episcopal Church split after the election of a gay bishop?

    October 9, 2015 - By ginny

    The 2003 election Bishop Gene Robinson as the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop set off an internal debate within the Episcopal Church caused Professor Mathew Sheep, Business Professor at Illinois State University,  to ask how the church would respond and how it was that the Episcopal from Pocket http://ift.tt/1Lv4Eua via IFTTT

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  • Episcopal

    Why be Episcopalian?

    October 4, 2015 - By ginny

    THE MAGAZINE by Lisa Fischbeck “I don’t have any desire to be an Episcopalian. I just like the Church of the Advocate,” says the man who has been coming to the Advocate for 5 years. The Bishop’s visitation is ahead, and I’m trying to identify people who might want to get confirmed. from Pocket http://ift.tt/1KUgXmK via IFTTT

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  • Insurance season is almost over, thank Dog

    Avoid health sharing plans, they're not that great a deal. A friend had one while getting some pretty serious treatment, and he struggled to get the care he needed.

    Elisabeth Yoder and her son Darragh recently experienced a huge gap in their health care "coverage." They stand in  front of the family home, and they belong to a Christian "health sharing" plan that didn't reimburse for a recent ambulance ride.

     

     

    Link: Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

  • Charm Patch Quilt: On Point

    From Sew Can She - this looks like a great way to use up charm squares and scraps that can be at least 4 1/2-5 inches square. The contrast fabric and on-point arrangement add good visual interest without being too busy.

    Link: Charm Patch Quilt Pattern: Free Throw quilt Pattern for Pre-Cut Charm Squares!

  • Tea Towel Hems

    Bought some tea towels for gifts, looking for tutorials for adding colorful hanging cuffs after hemming.

    I lean toward Method 1, mitred corners. Will decide once the towels arrive in case the selvage edges are good quality.

    https://blog.fabrics-store.com/2023/03/26/tutorial-how-to-make-a-tea-towel-three-ways/

  • Sorry About The Mess: Trump Wrecking World Economy

    Post: He’s nuts if he thinks manufacturers will move to the US; they like paying rock bottom non-union wages and they’ll pass the higher costs to American consumers. Lose-lose! What can possibly go wrong?

    Since he lives in his own bubble universe, I’m wondering how long his big donors, the few relatively sane conservatives in Congress, and his “IKEA cabinet” will hold out until the murmurs behind the scenes become screaming fights in the Oval Office.

    Spine of steel? Nope. Skull of rock.

    Maury Povich lie detector meme: It says here… Trump is as dumb as a box of rocks.

    Global economy rocked again as rates on imports to the US from dozens of trading partners rose further, with China hit by 104% tariffs

    Link: Donald Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs against dozens of countries

  • Now Listening: Joni Mitchell | Black Crow

    Joni Mitchell album cover Black Crow. A woman is superimposed over an empty road that leads into her silhouette.

    Text:

     

    ”Black Crow - There's a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky”

     

    Link: Check out this song I heard on Radio Paradise

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