March 17th Troparion (Tone 3) O holy hierarch, Patrick, wonderworker, equal to the Apostles and illuminator of the Irish people, pray to the merciful God that He will pardon our transgressions. Patrick was British by birth, born about 373, the son of a deacon and the grandson of a priest. His first trip to Ireland was [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
New Front Door Design
This house is older than our former house and has an even smaller front door. The existing door is OK looking, but is starting to leak a bit. It is thin and does not have insulated glass. It opens into the bottom of the stairs. There is no point in leaving it open and having [...]
Thursday was reading night.
In our home, when I was growing up, Thursday night was reading night. This was never, ever announced or even mentioned. It was never enforced. None of us kids were even aware of it. However, it was intentional, consistent and disciplined. My mom told me about it when I was in college. My folks wanted [...]
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He fixed a flat and served mankind.
The first time I helped to change a flat tire was when I was not yet ten years old. The whole family was in the station wagon on a lonely two lane road in the middle of Minnesota, on our way to a lake. A car was stopped on the side of the road with [...]
