Author: Gered Ryan
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Ode to Clouds
Clouds are unpredictable. The mere difficulty we have in predicting the weather make them at once mysterious and mystical. They can come bearing rain, snow, or beauty. Most times, I do not look for shapes in clouds, but there are occasionally ones that just pop out to the eye. Their textures and sizes seem infinitely…
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Did you know: Papal Signature
Pope Benedict XVI had a small signature?
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In which Duck!
We went to Mexico City as a family, known as Mexico by the locals. This was an ambassadorial trip to meet extended family of my sister’s in laws and have all the new babies baptized at the Cathedral of Guadeloupe. Counter-intuitively, the baptism was about the only thing we did not do while in the…
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Did you know: Excommunicating Comets
Haley’s comet was once excommunicated? Jean-Paul II forgave the wayward comet for brazenly appearing during a Turkish invasion.
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Ode to Students
Students are the reason there are teachers. It is the ultimate goal to get information and skills into their heads. They have so many backgrounds that this can be the great challenge. Confucius was said to be the consummate teacher because he would individualize his instruction to every student based on what that student needed.…
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Did you know: Mutual Excommunication
the Great Schism between Eastern Orthodox and Catholic faiths was a result of the Patriarchs and Pope simultaneously excommunicating each other?
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Ode to Victories
Victories are rewards. They are the product of all of the hard work you have put into a challenge. The feeling of victory comes with the rest at an end. It is the impetus to move onto the beginning. When you have come to the end of adversity. In this, there is peace. You have…
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Did you know: Crossing Cultures
Odin was associated with Mercury when the Romans encountered the Norse? Which is why Wednesday (wOdinsday) is Miercoles, Mercoledi, Mercredi, etc.