We had a beautiful Taize service in my parish the other night. The reflection was offered by my friend Lynn, the parish’s Faith Formation Supervisor. The readings she selected to accompany the music focused on prayer and included today’s Gospel reading, the passage in Luke’s Gospel where Jesus tells the parable of the persistent widow
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Persistent Listening
It was the right setting for the event. A painting of Maharaja Ranjit Singh by the Singh Twins was sold for 16,000 pounds sterling at an auction organized by Christies at Elveden Hall, Norfolk – former residence of Maharaja Duleep Singh – in September. It was one of the two artworks especially rendered by The Singh Twins for the bidding that formed part of the Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail activities, and was attended by eminent Sikhs from all over the world
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Sher-e-Punjab rises again
It’s not easy to explain why it happens, but it does happen. It comes from the look of the area, the feel of the place, but there also might be some metaphysical force at work, something more than the water and the trees and the grass. Randy Pench rpench@sacbee.com Dave Spensley, left, and his wife, Clare, raise a toast to birthday girl Tressa Lindsey at Korth’s Pirate’s Lair RV park on the Delta Loop
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Your Sacramento Guide: Delta Loop is 8 miles of quirky relaxation
The words “enchanted” and “cellar” scream Halloween. If you’re on the prowl for adult or kid costumes, you’re in for a treat.
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UC Davis costume department gets Halloween spirit with outfit rentals
Thickening clouds dampened the moonlight over a 22-acre property in Loomis, the faint smell of rain mingling with the aroma of pastureland. Alaceo Rosatano, who hunts ghosts with a local paranormal investigations group, believes this photo captured a ghostly apparition in the upper right window of this house in midtown Sacramento.
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Amateur ghost hunters around Sacramento aided by paranormal investigators
Every so often, we take a break from the world of fine dining to put our elbows on the table and look for something more casual. Hokkaido’s house special ramen – spicy calamari, cha-siu pork, egg, vegetable and special broth – is almost a meal in itself. Besides ramen, Hokkaido serves an interesting array of appetizers including barbecue ribs.
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Dining review: Hokkaido noodle house a home for Asian comfort food
MONTEREY – The bellman, Adrian Migotti, unlocked the tall wood door to Room 217, the most haunted accommodation in the Monterey Hotel.
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Tourists haunt Monterey’s ghost-ridden locations
Back in July, we sprawled all over this Wall about some sanctimonious loon who decided it would be a grand idea to burn a wheelbarrow full of Qu’rans in an effort to talk smack about Muslims on September 11. Never mind that only an underground stink tank full of extremists committed those heinous acts on
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Here’s a driving reason to burn a Qu’ran
Before you decide economics reporting can’t get any more incoherent, read this analysis from Rick Newman: [M]any longer-term gains in living standards are still in place. So while the middle class is clearly under stress, millions of Americans are still much better off than they were 20 or 30 years ago. Granted, it’s not a perfect epitome of the form, but this is an instance of The Stossel*: the claim that we have microwave ovens, smart phones, abs-strengtheners, and varieties of Chinese-made footwear that would have made our forebears vomit with delight, and therefore poverty is somewhere between a relic of yesteryear and a phantasm of limp-wristed freedom-haters
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Squirrels Go Up, Squirrels Go Down
China has laid a firm foundation for green development and will achieve its ambitious target on increasing the use of renewable resources, a senior advisor with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said Saturday.
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Senior PwC advisor confident in China’s green economy