Port Royal, Virginia

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A Neddy Christmas
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Military
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American Revolution
Cliff Barney Faves

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ~ View in context

• You Are Blessed
• Who Was Mother Goose
• Primrose Day
• Overture of 1776
• Passion of Christ
• Chocolate Filled Egg Shells
• Arkadelphia Chicken
• HOLY and GREAT TUESDAY
• Mother Goose Gone Wild
• New Numa Numa
• New Computer Virus
• If the Shoe Fits – It’s Ugly
• The Four Evangelists
• April by Browning
• Nelly Custis Birthday
• Cherry Blossom Time
• Wayfaring Man of Grief
• No Furfies Here
• Beware of A. A. A. D. D.
• The Power Squid
• Coffee Bean Counter
• Welcome Spring
• Greenback Prophecies
• See You In San Diego
• Saints Patrick, Enda, Edna, et al
• Saint Paddy’s Day
• Goober Peas
• Facts of Life
• Singing Lederhosen Boy
• Goat Wisdom
• We Are Doomed!
• Owatonna Funeral Squad
• The Inflatable Church
• A Piggy Party
• Washingtons of Virginia
• House Cleaning
• Life Begins with Forty
• Back to Hanoi
• Will England Always Be?
• Computer Sayings
• Budding Authors
• This Season’s People
• Groundhogs & Woodchucks
• Apples and Fine Wine
• They Also Serve or Served
• Wanna Buy a Blog?
• A.S.A.P.
• Mozart Mania
• Before You Go
• These Sound Yummy!
• Rabbie Burns
• Desiderata
• GranGran’s Stories
• When To Buy Organic
• Tercentenary of Ben Franklin
• 35 Reasons Men Are Happier
• Million Dollar Homepage
• Paradise on Earth?
• Conservatism & Abortion
• Candle-light in Winter
• First Birthday
• Old Christmas Eve
• USS Ronald Reagan
• Christmas in Lisbon
• Tenth Day of Christmas
• A Bright Idea
• Bye Bye Pikas
• A Child Is Born This Day
• Twelve Days of Christmas
• Thank A Soldier
• Come Oh Long Awaited Jesus
• Safe Shopping
• An American Carol
• Crèches in Washington
• Christmas in the Trenches
• A Pioneer Christmas Tree
• A Mormon Christmas
• Patience and Fidelity
• Tannenbaum or Christmas Tree?
• Christmas in Old New Orleans
• Was My Brother in the Battle?
• Merry Barney Christmas
• A Daily Ritual
• Thank A Soldier Week
• Christmas Be Nigh
• Christmas Music
• Read and Weep
• Firefox
• DAR Christmas Open House
• We Gather Together
• The Oracle Speaks
• Final Dog Days of Sam
• Eagles Soar in Storms
• Ran Over by Trackbacks
• American ‘Can Do!’…
• Pork Chop and the Dragon
• Article III Groupie Outed!
• Free Credit Reports
• Forty Faces
• Hyphens Are Verboten
• Christmas 2005
• Let Them Eat Chocolate
• Veterans Day 2005
• Happy Birthday Marine Corps
• Cure for Bird Flu
• Smoked Beer Can Turkey
• The Ice Man Curseth
• War On Christmas
• Project Patriot
• Discovery Launch
• The Reformation of 1517
• The Porcupine Dog
• Wines of Virginia
• Surrender at Yorktown
• Happy Birthday U.S Navy
• Tomb of the Unknowns
• The ‘I Can’ Dolls
• Band of Brothers
• Happy Birthday DAR
• The Burning Glass
• St. George and the Southern Cross
• Pythons and Alligators
• Bereavement
• Redskins and Scalps
• Ragged Ole Flag
• Good Hurricane News
• Wild Begonias
• The Snob Test
• Diplomats
• New Searches
• Jesus Loves Me
• The Scots Won
• WordPress.com
• The Robin and the Sparrow
• Honoring the Constitution
• Recipes To Try
• The Fight for Civilization
• Constitution Week II
• Constitution Week
• Tolerance
• Mother Teresa
• WELCOME
• Rattlesnake Flag
• America Works
• The Golden Rule
• Perverted Dreamers
• The Mighty Flood
• Father Mychal’s Prayer
• Blue Bayou
• Missing New Orleans
• Windows for Red States
• Goodnight, America
• Live Blogging from New Orleans
• Port of New Orleans
• Dispatch from the Front
• Lost City of New Orleans
• Lessons from the Dogs
• One Day as a Lion
• On Finding Ghosts
• Mother Goose Gone Wild
• Always on Guard
• Redskins of 1634
• The Redskin Bard
• Copperheads
• Jefferson’s War on Terror
• Indian Legacies
• Rivers of Babylon
• Freedom Walk
• France’s Day of Shame
• How American Am I?
• The American Crisis
• Iron Horse Troops
• The Story Of A Patriot
• Ugly Dog
• Be Grateful
• Band of Brothers
• Summer 2005
• The Elusive Ancestor
• Only In Australia
• A Gold Star Mother
• Middle Mouse For Sale
• Friends of Blatherings
• Blogging Help
• Ode to America
• Religious Inquisitions
• Who Are You?
• No Fishing
• Land of the Rising Sun
• Close Encounter
• Military Culture

“Today there is hung upon the Tree, He that suspended the earth upon the waters. A crown of thorns is placed upon Him Who is the King of the Angels. With false purple is He wrapped about, He that wrappeth the Heavens with clouds. Buffetings did He receive, Who freed Adam in the Jordan. With nails was He affixed, He that is the Bridegroom of the Church. With a lance was He pierced, He that is the Son of the Virgin. We venerate Thy Passion, O Christ. Show also unto us Thy glorious Resurrection.” –Service of Matins

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How to Make Your Own Easter Egg Dye

Mix 1/2 cup boiling water, 30 to 40 drops of food coloring, and 1 teaspoon of white vinegar. Let the dye cool completely before dipping eggs. You can use crayons to write and draw lines or stripes on the eggs before dipping.

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Northern Virginia, 29 March 2006

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now, s hung with bloom along the bough. ~~A.E. Housman (1859–1936), “A Shropshire Lad” (1896)

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According to ancient folklore, Saint Patrick lit the first paschal fire on the Hill of Slane in defiance of the druids and the pagan kings of Tara. When they saw the flames, the followers of Patrick were arrested, however Ireland’s future patron saint spoke so eloquently to King Laoghaire that the pagan ruler pardoned him and granted him the freedom to preach across the Erin Isle. The rest is history, as they say, and today, more than 1500 years later, we celebrate Saint Patrick, as always, on March 17th.

The future “Apostle of Ireland” was born as Maewyn Succat in Scotland between 387 and 390. At about the age of 16, he was kidnapped from his village on the British mainland and transported to Ireland as a slave. While shepherding in the mountains he spent his time in prayer until he had a dream commanding him to return to Britain. After escaping bondage, he studied abroad in continental monasteries, becoming a Priest and later a Bishop. Pope Saint Celestine sent him to evangelize England, and then Ireland. During his 33 year mission he effectively converted all of Ireland turning it into the “Land of Saints”. During the Dark Ages, the Irish monasteries became the great repositories of Christian learning in all of Europe, all a consequence of Patrick’s ministry. Patrick died 461-464 at Saul, County Down, Ireland.

“I came to the Irish people to preach the Gospel and endure the taunts of unbelievers, putting up with reproaches about my earthly pilgrimage, suffering many persecutions, even bondage, and losing my birthright of freedom for the benefit of others.

“If I am worthy, I am ready also to give up my life, without hesitation and most willingly, for Christ’s name. I want to spend myself for that country, even in death, if the Lord should grant me this favor.

“It is among that people that I want to wait for the promise made by him, who assuredly never tells a lie. He makes this promise in the Gospel: ‘They shall come from the east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ This is our faith: believers are to come from the whole world.” ~~from “The Confession of Saint Patrick”

Happy Saint Paddy’s Card

Saint Patrick Shipwrecked

Saint Patrick’s Blessing:

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
Until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

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