Neil Alan Willard
@neilwillard.bsky.social
Presbyter, Episcopal Diocese of Texas,
Rector, Palmer Memorial Church, Houston,
Grandson of Old North State Tobacco Farmers,
Lover of Rescue Dogs, and Wearer of Seersucker.
Rector, Palmer Memorial Church, Houston,
Grandson of Old North State Tobacco Farmers,
Lover of Rescue Dogs, and Wearer of Seersucker.
Pinned
Work in progress continues on this Shrine for a Barn Owl
It is my bounden duty to post this as the Rector of an Episcopal parish across the street from Rice University in Houston, Texas. Go Owls! 🦉💙🩶
May light perpetual shine upon her.
Breaking News: Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre who testified a century later in Congress to the terror she witnessed in the hope of winning reparations, died at 111. nyti.ms/4or9B1e
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
May light perpetual shine upon her.
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Exclusive: Tyson Foods, America’s largest meat supplier, is planning to close one of its largest beef-processing plants in Nebraska at a time when a cattle shortage in the U.S. squeezes meatpacking companies.
Tyson to Close One of the Biggest Beef-Processing Plants in the U.S.
The largest meat supplier in the U.S. has lost more than $425 million on beef this year, despite near record-high prices.
on.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Exclusive: Tyson Foods, America’s largest meat supplier, is planning to close one of its largest beef-processing plants in Nebraska at a time when a cattle shortage in the U.S. squeezes meatpacking companies.
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Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community. Many fled the long civil war in their east African country and were drawn to the state’s welcoming social programs.
Trump says he's terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota
The number of migrants who would be affected by Trump's announcement that he wants to end Temporary Protected Status could be very small. A report produced for Congress in August put the number of Som...
www.mprnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community. Many fled the long civil war in their east African country and were drawn to the state’s welcoming social programs.
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“Home of the Venus Flytrap” ❤️🪰
Exclusive: We interview the guy with the #1 Venus Flytrap License Plate - Triangle Blog Blog
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
triangleblogblog.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Home of the Venus Flytrap” ❤️🪰
“Home of the Venus Flytrap” ❤️🪰
Exclusive: We interview the guy with the #1 Venus Flytrap License Plate - Triangle Blog Blog
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
triangleblogblog.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Home of the Venus Flytrap” ❤️🪰
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Told my students here in Iowa City to make sure to have deviled eggs and macaroni & cheese with their Thanksgiving Dinner next week and the look of horror and concern tells me: Sarah, you’re not in the South.
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Told my students here in Iowa City to make sure to have deviled eggs and macaroni & cheese with their Thanksgiving Dinner next week and the look of horror and concern tells me: Sarah, you’re not in the South.
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Meowdy, from Buc-ee and me!
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Meowdy, from Buc-ee and me!
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Me watching this now for the ten thousandth time: I genuinely don’t know if Han will get the shield down
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Me watching this now for the ten thousandth time: I genuinely don’t know if Han will get the shield down
Meowdy, from Buc-ee and me!
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Meowdy, from Buc-ee and me!
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
Vehicles started lining up at the Texans’ NRG Stadium before dawn as the Houston Food Bank launched a large-scale “supersite” to distribute food to families worried about the future of federal SNAP assistance. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler reports.
November 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
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"this meeting could have been a clay tablet"
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"this meeting could have been a clay tablet"
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🎶 “For all the saints,
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
🎶 “For all the saints,
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
“Houston Airports says TSA wait times may be one hour or longer at Hobby because fewer screening lanes are open. At Bush, the wait could be more than three hours because TSA checkpoints are only open at terminals A and E.”
Houston travelers face hours-long TSA lines at Bush, Hobby airports amid government shutdown
Houston Airports says TSA wait times may be one hour or longer at Hobby because fewer screening lanes are open, and at Bush, the wait could be more than three hours.
abc13.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“Houston Airports says TSA wait times may be one hour or longer at Hobby because fewer screening lanes are open. At Bush, the wait could be more than three hours because TSA checkpoints are only open at terminals A and E.”
🎶 “For all the saints,
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
🎶 “For all the saints,
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
who from their labors rest . . .” 🎶
Greetings from Houston. ⚓️
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Yale/Duke School theology busting back in like
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yale/Duke School theology busting back in like
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The Episcopal Diocese of Texas.
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas.
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas.
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas.
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
All Saints’ Sunday. ⚓️
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One of my clergy colleagues here in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, who is employed by the State of Texas, has been detained by ICE. ⚓️
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas Calls for Justice After Detention of Clergy Member Employed by the State of Texas - EDOT
Houston, Texas -The Episcopal Diocese of Texas expresses deep concern and calls for action following the detention of one of its priests, a legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texa...
www.epicenter.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
One of my clergy colleagues here in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, who is employed by the State of Texas, has been detained by ICE. ⚓️
One of my clergy colleagues here in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, who is employed by the State of Texas, has been detained by ICE. ⚓️
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas Calls for Justice After Detention of Clergy Member Employed by the State of Texas - EDOT
Houston, Texas -The Episcopal Diocese of Texas expresses deep concern and calls for action following the detention of one of its priests, a legally employed Kenyan clergy member who works for the Texa...
www.epicenter.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
One of my clergy colleagues here in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, who is employed by the State of Texas, has been detained by ICE. ⚓️
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A spooky thread for All Hallows’ Eve 🎃 ⚓️:
The most famous Moravian ghost story from Salem (now Winston-Salem), NC, is “The Little Red Man.” 🕯️ In 1786 Andreas Kremser, a 33-year-old shoemaker, died in a midnight dirt collapse while wearing a red jacket as he and others were digging out a new sub-basement for the Single Brothers House. (1/3)
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A spooky thread for All Hallows’ Eve 🎃 ⚓️:
Greetings from Houston.
Houston has dragonflies the size of birds
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Greetings from Houston.
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While our particular street in Houston/West U has definitely seen trick or treaters tonight, there have been no where near the huge numbers we would usually have seen in the past. 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
While our particular street in Houston/West U has definitely seen trick or treaters tonight, there have been no where near the huge numbers we would usually have seen in the past. 🎃
A spooky thread for All Hallows’ Eve 🎃 ⚓️:
The most famous Moravian ghost story from Salem (now Winston-Salem), NC, is “The Little Red Man.” 🕯️ In 1786 Andreas Kremser, a 33-year-old shoemaker, died in a midnight dirt collapse while wearing a red jacket as he and others were digging out a new sub-basement for the Single Brothers House. (1/3)
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A spooky thread for All Hallows’ Eve 🎃 ⚓️:
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In the same way it is strange to say I first met my now-in-laws years ago in Fairbanks, Alaska (when none of us lived there), it is strange it say I first met former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams this week in Waco, Texas. I wish more Christians, including me, were like him. Grateful. ⚓️
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In the same way it is strange to say I first met my now-in-laws years ago in Fairbanks, Alaska (when none of us lived there), it is strange it say I first met former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams this week in Waco, Texas. I wish more Christians, including me, were like him. Grateful. ⚓️
In the same way it is strange to say I first met my now-in-laws years ago in Fairbanks, Alaska (when none of us lived there), it is strange it say I first met former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams this week in Waco, Texas. I wish more Christians, including me, were like him. Grateful. ⚓️
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In the same way it is strange to say I first met my now-in-laws years ago in Fairbanks, Alaska (when none of us lived there), it is strange it say I first met former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams this week in Waco, Texas. I wish more Christians, including me, were like him. Grateful. ⚓️