A World of Speculation

For Fred

John and Jenny — back before they were Father and Matushka — found Fred as part of their ministry to street kids in Portland. They were a couple of college students back then, courageous, dedicated, and veterans of the mission field from Indonesia and...

Kontakion anyone?

You can find everything on the Internet.Prove it. How about the structural specifications of an obscure form of poetry in wide use in the Byzantine Empire from the early sixth century through the late seventh century, when it dropped out of sight except for a few...

Treasures of the sea

Found on the beach near Rockaway, Oregon, yesterday an apparent alien invasion — a little blue sailboat with a gossamer sail, beached on the sand by the thousands. They looked like toys, their bodies so blue that they seemed like plastic and their sails clear as...

Mt. St. Helens

Mt-St-Helens Originally uploaded by janbear. It might have been a better photo, but I was across the Columbia River and shooting through a window screen, so it might also have been worse.