Jonathan Grieser

Today's discovery: there are downsides to being in the middle of a slate roof replacement when it rains inches. A watery Eucharist today. ⚓

Our cats split their time between watching rabbits and chipmunks from our screened-in porch

This summer my wife is ranting that all the plants that rabbits are supposed to not like have been eaten by them

You’re obviously not a gardener

From the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (via Rachel Maddow):

Since No One Else Seems to Care, Let’s Remember Epstein’s Survivors They've already told us everything we need to know...

As everyone … scrambles for further evidence of Trump’s connection to the prolific pedophile and sex-trafficker, what’s been—once again—lost in this discourse is the hundreds of women who survived the horrors Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and their moneyed friends inflicted upon them.

The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens It’s run by a Michigan-born Jesuit—and a meteorite expert—known as the Pope’s Astronomer.

A lovely article about a lovely man of science and faith. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Fourteen years ago, we planted what was purported to be a dwarf contorted white pine. It was not a dwarf. We’ve topped it off twice and it keeps growing.

Buff cat scrunched up in a pouch

Dami has loved this pouch since he was a kitten. We think he has outgrown it but he thinks otherwise

Have you seen any classic movies?

Me too, maybe in retirement. Last orchestra I was in, I looked around and realized I was playing with the trombone section of the Nashville symphony. That was a thrill

Not exactly a Puritan but Milton

The tuba is the best! Played it all through school, college orchestra; came back to it 20 years later for five years in a university/community orchestra

I’ve been to lots of countries fairs. I grew up in a rural county in another state where the fair was the first week in September, after school started and we got a day off for Junior Fair Day

I think I’ll pass. I did go to the Dane County fair one year

I usually follow it up with a whisper to the couple: “That’s all right then. We can go ahead with it.” Lightens the mood

It’s especially effective if one leaves a pregnant pause and slowly scans the congregation.

Its canonically required in the Episcopal Church. I ask it of the congregation and separately of the couple at every wedding

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers will not seek a third term Thursday's announcement sets the stage for the first open race for Wisconsin's executive office in 16 years.

Big news here in Wisconsin: madison.com/news/state-r...

Why do I find none of this surprising?

My mother would get so flustered she would forget the name of the child she was angry with and would shout all five our names in rapid succession in hopes one of us would respond

Apparently people are marking themselves safe from infidelity at the #Coldplay concert here in Madison

Bottle of rosé with two wine beakers with the logo “Kenner trinken Württemberger” on them

We’ve had these “Kenner trinken Württemberger” since our year in Tübingen in 1991. We rarely use them because the wines are rarely sold in the US. A nice rosé this evening

UW Madison on the search for new revenue streams; outlook for the sportsball teams must be bleak.
Also explains the Cold Play concert at Camp Randall tomorrow

Anglican covenant, anyone?

18 July 1504: b. Heinrich Bullinger important #Swiss reformer at Bremergarten, Aargau #otd

(His christening shirt - Zentralbibliothek Zürich)

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

You’ve not met my wife. There’s not a chance in hell. For one thing, she avoids crowds; for another, she only steps on UW campus to teach her classes

So they’re coming to Madison, WI on Saturday. I won’t be there, neither will my wife, but we may be able to hear the concert from our back porch

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