“‘ST. AGNES’ Eve—Ah, bitter chill it was!” Well actually it wasn’t bitter chill here in Virginia. It was somewhat balmy. In fact I was whooping about the yard in a T-shirt that morning planting, in a squirrel-like fashion, the bulbs I had failed to plant in the Fall, which was appropriate enough as Agnes is [...]
Archive for January, 2010
January 21: St. Agnes
Posted in Saints, tagged Abbachio alla Romana, Agnes, recipes, roman on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Frankly French: The Galette des Rois
Posted in Epiphany, tagged Epiphany, feve, france, galette des rois on January 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In France the dish of Epiphany is the Galette des Rois, the Cake of the Kings. Like most things French, it is quite simple, unless you start dealing with the foundational garments in which case it becomes incredibly complex and time consuming and in order to cope you find yourself drinking a bottle of wine, [...]
Taking Time
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Once in a Christmas Cantata, I sang a song about the Three Wise Men that contained the line, “What we learn from these three wise men is that we must take time.” Good advice. So I am going to take my time in this season of Epiphany to work through the Epiphany traditions of different [...]
“Joy!” said the goy, “Unto US has been born a boy!”
Posted in Epiphany, tagged Christ, Epiphany, manifestation on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
January 6, the feast of the Epiphany, is likely the most important feast in the liturgical calendar of which even those raised in the liturgical calendar are ignorant, which is a pity because as the rector of a local Anglo-Catholic parish likes to point out, unless you are of Jewish descent, Epiphany is your holiday. [...]
