tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8242555051611865039..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: USAFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-28848079164330870992010-03-12T11:05:25.206+00:002010-03-12T11:05:25.206+00:00I can assure Mark that I ate very well indeed whil...I can assure Mark that I ate very well indeed while in Arlington! The hospitality was quite extraordinary.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-62248972681605881012010-03-12T11:05:23.681+00:002010-03-12T11:05:23.681+00:00I can assure Mark that I ate very well indeed whil...I can assure Mark that I ate very well indeed while in Arlington! The hospitality was quite extraordinary.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-90297110749086824132010-03-12T11:05:21.443+00:002010-03-12T11:05:21.443+00:00I can assure Mark that I ate very well indeed whil...I can assure Mark that I ate very well indeed while in Arlington! The hospitality was quite extraordinary.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-28289064769165208472010-03-12T04:41:37.812+00:002010-03-12T04:41:37.812+00:00Texas is only temporarily a part of the USA. There...Texas is only temporarily a part of the USA. There is a strong secession movement at work within the state today, and with any luck it will be an independent republic again soon! I hope to be back home there by that time.Dr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80118449353712072422010-03-11T13:01:53.066+00:002010-03-11T13:01:53.066+00:00Glad you enjoyed Texas. But your hosts should hav...Glad you enjoyed Texas. But your hosts should have steered you to better places than Dairy Queen. :)<br /><br />The Dallas-Ft. Worth area is quite the haven for any number of excellent restaurants.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-32836132441113491062010-03-11T12:08:40.369+00:002010-03-11T12:08:40.369+00:00Some folk'll never eat a skunk
But then again,...Some folk'll never eat a skunk<br />But then again, some folk'll...<br />Like Cletus<br />The slack-jawed yokel.Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-87094758068304287272010-03-11T09:32:34.372+00:002010-03-11T09:32:34.372+00:00When my children were young and captivated by the ...When my children were young and captivated by the Dukes of Hazzard and Jefferson Davis Hogg, I was interested to hear that Boss Hogg's deputy was called Cletus.<br /><br />Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus . . .johnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-50238890323424953132010-03-10T21:21:49.817+00:002010-03-10T21:21:49.817+00:00To see the real Boss Hogg, you'd have to set t...To see the real Boss Hogg, you'd have to set the time machine back 41 years and cross the eastern border of Texas to my home state, Louisiana. Not that there was anyone there named Hogg, nor was there a county named Hazzard, but there was and is a parish named Plaquemines which was once ruled by a boss named Leander Perez, who was the real life inspiration of the television character. (In Figulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549064050271896212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37460694557915821472010-03-10T20:56:37.554+00:002010-03-10T20:56:37.554+00:00I had learnt that the symbolism of the BVM standin...I had learnt that the symbolism of the BVM standing on a crescent moon was to show the triumph of Christianity over Islam.<br /><br />The same symbol is used in Orthodox iconography as well...and I certainly do not suspect that it has anything, at least amongst the Orthodox, to do with the 19th century dogma of the Immaculate Conception!Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06431501238259860462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52656647332825436232010-03-10T16:22:42.813+00:002010-03-10T16:22:42.813+00:00A friend and I were remarking the other day how wh...A friend and I were remarking the other day how when we Texans travel and someone asks where we're from we promptly respond not "America" but "Texas." This is indicative of our identities being bound up with Texas primarily, and the USA entirely secondarily.<br /><br />It seems to me that Texas is one of the last strongholds of authentic local culture in the West. (I don&#Thomas Beyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633913073662106277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84536370750779934802010-03-10T15:30:01.858+00:002010-03-10T15:30:01.858+00:00Very glad you made it back and hope that you are v...Very glad you made it back and hope that you are very nearly "un-jet-lagged", if there is such a word.<br /><br />We so enjoyed having you, and we are very glad you enjoyed your time with us.<br /><br />Oh, and it was an "Oreo Brownie Earthquake Sunday." And you did a pretty credible job of it, for a first-timer......<br /><br />Blessings to you, dear Father.<br /><br />TerryMamaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921263770862462179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-12192627188564145512010-03-10T15:19:44.600+00:002010-03-10T15:19:44.600+00:00Fr. H,
It sounds like you already had an interest...Fr. H,<br /><br />It sounds like you already had an interest in mockingbirds (Mimidae). I wonder if that was because of their association with Charles Darwin's opus, or with the wonderful novel by Harper Lee?<br /><br />I love mockingbirds (which are common here in the NY metropolitan area), except in the summer at dawn when they perch on a branch right outside the window, and regale me with Michael McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384055883425252489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-35434436656878217822010-03-10T13:33:58.368+00:002010-03-10T13:33:58.368+00:00Well Father, good that you got a taste of life in ...Well Father, good that you got a taste of life in the former colonies. Of course Texas is a ‘special case’ in these parts. Most Texans barely consider themselves part of the United States – a throwback to the days of the Republic of Texas no doubt, or even further to a minor dispute about ownership which still has some Mexican noses out of joint!<br /><br />And you sampled the goodies of DQ - as GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-17345462130636425102010-03-10T13:11:29.682+00:002010-03-10T13:11:29.682+00:00This is not a comment on the USA, so sorry.
But it...This is not a comment on the USA, so sorry.<br />But it is today's headline: "Holland proposes giving over-70s the right to die if they 'consider their lives complete'".<br />"Assisted suicide for anyone over 70 who has simply had enough of life is being considered in Holland." (Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk)<br />- I believe that America is developing its Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029583350093691220noreply@blogger.com