Tuesday, May 26, 2026

United States refining capacity

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Why have no U.S. refineries been built in 50 years? Certainly, it's not Trump's fault. The short answer is extremists attached to th...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Psalm 122--Jerusalem and the U.S. during 1937

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I enjoy reading "Meditations in the Book of Psalms" by Erling C. Olsen. He had a Sunday afternoon radio broadcast in the 1930s, la...

Do you need to move closer to Columbus--or are you already here?

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  Roughly 138-147 million people live within 500 miles of Columbus. A 500‑mile radius from Columbus, Ohio covers a vast area — roughly 1.2 m...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

The War Letters--Memorial Day

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  It's Memorial Day week-end and many of us here at the Estates (and here on FB) remember when it was Decoration Day because it first me...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Congratulations graduates

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We don't have church newsletter/bulletins (a Covid casualty?) anymore, but for special occasions we do have handouts on Sunday--and yes...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Three out of four (movies) isn't too bad

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Here at the Estates this week-end (if Thursday counts) we had four movies; National Treasure with Nicholas Cage, Ferris Bueler's Day off...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Microchimerism--again

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In our Thursday Bible Study today at UALC, we are in chapter 7 of the Gospel of John.  (NRSV)  7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He ...

The Trump and Xi summit

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Although I understand the economics of the deal and why Trump is chatting it up with Xi, I haven't forgotten the millions of Chinese ci...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Patron Saint of the Internet, Saint Isidore of Seville

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I didn’t know the internet had a patron saint. Did you? He lived in the 7th century, and was known for being the first great Christian encyc...