Tea please

Cogitation 3.129 Saturday 20 January 2018   Home on the farm growing up we had an English hired hand whose capacity for drinking tea never ceased to amaze us youngsters. Featured image: Snuggles, whose domain is sister-in-law Doris Mast's home, knows her way around a lap, sunny spots, and contemplation of mysteries unknown.   "Tea …

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What’s new?

Cogitation Saturday 6 January #1.2018.127   I've made a small change in nameplate or masthead, most notably selecting Cogitation as the standard name henceforth for each post. While not earthshakingly new or newsworthy, it's my way of simplifying and organizing my blog for the new year. I've posted 126 blogs. This, then, is number 127. …

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Advent’s promise: Love breaking into our world of chaos

Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #13 Saturday 23 December 2017   Big chaos skitters about the world, that's certain, but there's a bigger cosmos that was, that is, that will be. Featured image: The Advent banner at Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Indiana, shows the promise of Love breaking into our world of chaos. The darkness …

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Joel remembered

Featured image: Red-tailed hawk, spotted along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park at Great Falls, Maryland. Cornwall Cogitation (North America) #8 Saturday 18 November 2017   Washington DC abounds in languages. Walk along the National Mall and you're surrounded by many tongues. It makes for an invigorating  cosmopolitan vibe. A voice among voices …

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