Rev Dev
@revdev.bsky.social
A wanderer, Dad, and Anglican priest; an American immigrant living in the UK
How fleeting are all human emotions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
Dorothy Sayers, ‘Gaudy Night’ (1935)
Dorothy Sayers, ‘Gaudy Night’ (1935)
June 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How fleeting are all human emotions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
Dorothy Sayers, ‘Gaudy Night’ (1935)
Dorothy Sayers, ‘Gaudy Night’ (1935)
Floofy dreams and goodnight!
June 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Floofy dreams and goodnight!
Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota, made a prophetic comment last week to the press — under Trump, America is in political decline.
May 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota, made a prophetic comment last week to the press — under Trump, America is in political decline.
Mood.
(Biblioteka Jagiellonska, BJ Rkp. 793 III, f.189v)
(Biblioteka Jagiellonska, BJ Rkp. 793 III, f.189v)
April 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Mood.
(Biblioteka Jagiellonska, BJ Rkp. 793 III, f.189v)
(Biblioteka Jagiellonska, BJ Rkp. 793 III, f.189v)
Not the Onion. Not even irony. From a member of the US Congress. God help us all.
(Screenshot; I deleted my x account a year ago)
(Screenshot; I deleted my x account a year ago)
February 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Not the Onion. Not even irony. From a member of the US Congress. God help us all.
(Screenshot; I deleted my x account a year ago)
(Screenshot; I deleted my x account a year ago)
An incredible experience on Tuesday to attended an interfaith Holocaust Memorial Day service at the guildhall in Cambridge, before the mayor and members of the city council at which I spoke as Bishop’s Interfaith Advisor for the Diocese of Ely.
January 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
An incredible experience on Tuesday to attended an interfaith Holocaust Memorial Day service at the guildhall in Cambridge, before the mayor and members of the city council at which I spoke as Bishop’s Interfaith Advisor for the Diocese of Ely.
Grateful for an early preview of springtime, along Grantchester Meadows
January 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Grateful for an early preview of springtime, along Grantchester Meadows
A very tired Jesuit priest, in a Mughal miniature from the 1700s.
At the V&A
At the V&A
January 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A very tired Jesuit priest, in a Mughal miniature from the 1700s.
At the V&A
At the V&A
Fire in the fireplace, a cup of hot herbal tea, and Lat's 'Kampung Boy' to read. Now to pick the music...
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Fire in the fireplace, a cup of hot herbal tea, and Lat's 'Kampung Boy' to read. Now to pick the music...
The cats and I have found better things to do with 20 January. Saving our strength for the fighy to come.
January 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The cats and I have found better things to do with 20 January. Saving our strength for the fighy to come.
I’ve installed the ‘make america kittens again’ extention, so that any pictures of Trump are replaced with cute pictures of cats. Which led to this beautiful conjunction on bbc news for me today:
January 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’ve installed the ‘make america kittens again’ extention, so that any pictures of Trump are replaced with cute pictures of cats. Which led to this beautiful conjunction on bbc news for me today:
How I’m feeling about 20 January
(h/t to our long-suffering cat Blit, who had to wear this cone for three weeks)
(h/t to our long-suffering cat Blit, who had to wear this cone for three weeks)
January 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How I’m feeling about 20 January
(h/t to our long-suffering cat Blit, who had to wear this cone for three weeks)
(h/t to our long-suffering cat Blit, who had to wear this cone for three weeks)
Delicious pie at a new cafe in town — The Cherry Pit, specialising in American dessert pies, vinyl records, good coffee, and a retro groove. (On King Street near the King of the Thames.)
January 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Delicious pie at a new cafe in town — The Cherry Pit, specialising in American dessert pies, vinyl records, good coffee, and a retro groove. (On King Street near the King of the Thames.)
Hoarfrost and sunrise, on Sunday morning.
January 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Hoarfrost and sunrise, on Sunday morning.
Oh that’s a perfect line. Thank you!
January 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh that’s a perfect line. Thank you!
Today I pressed at the Eucharist at @stbenetscam.bsky.social on the 20th Anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Deo gratias!
“In all that you do, you are to nourish Christ’s people from the riches of his grace, and strengthen them to glorify God in this life and in the life to come.”
“In all that you do, you are to nourish Christ’s people from the riches of his grace, and strengthen them to glorify God in this life and in the life to come.”
January 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today I pressed at the Eucharist at @stbenetscam.bsky.social on the 20th Anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Deo gratias!
“In all that you do, you are to nourish Christ’s people from the riches of his grace, and strengthen them to glorify God in this life and in the life to come.”
“In all that you do, you are to nourish Christ’s people from the riches of his grace, and strengthen them to glorify God in this life and in the life to come.”
Fern has fallen asleep with one paw on top my head. He’s such a sweet floof.
December 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Fern has fallen asleep with one paw on top my head. He’s such a sweet floof.
Dear @theguardian.com : It’s “altar boy” not “alter boy” Unless it’s Panto.
( Peter Sarsgaard interview, 8 Dec)
( Peter Sarsgaard interview, 8 Dec)
December 8, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Dear @theguardian.com : It’s “altar boy” not “alter boy” Unless it’s Panto.
( Peter Sarsgaard interview, 8 Dec)
( Peter Sarsgaard interview, 8 Dec)
Selfie with cats. Welcome creatures on a chilly evening
December 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Selfie with cats. Welcome creatures on a chilly evening
The sun’s up on Magog Down. A good spot for Morning Prayer
December 6, 2024 at 10:45 AM
The sun’s up on Magog Down. A good spot for Morning Prayer
16kg of kitties. It’s a warm, purring, floofy blanket sort of day.
November 29, 2024 at 8:32 AM
16kg of kitties. It’s a warm, purring, floofy blanket sort of day.
In Old Northumbrian, the plural of ‘sheep’ was ‘sheepo’
Also, my son’s introduced me to Kevin Straud’s laconic and all-encompassing History of the English Language podcast and I’m a bit obsessed
Also, my son’s introduced me to Kevin Straud’s laconic and all-encompassing History of the English Language podcast and I’m a bit obsessed
November 27, 2024 at 9:17 PM
In Old Northumbrian, the plural of ‘sheep’ was ‘sheepo’
Also, my son’s introduced me to Kevin Straud’s laconic and all-encompassing History of the English Language podcast and I’m a bit obsessed
Also, my son’s introduced me to Kevin Straud’s laconic and all-encompassing History of the English Language podcast and I’m a bit obsessed