William in Nevada 🎄❄️☃️🎁🦌🔥☕🖋️
@william-in-nv.bsky.social
Retired elementary schoolteacher and Episcopal priest. Loves cats, reading, cello, writing, and coffee! 🖋️Recent fountain pen convert. Wait, did I mention the coffee? ☕
Dicey going down to Midnight Mass tonight what with a surprise snowfall, freezing temperatures, and fog, but worth it. Lovely service in that special way that a small close-knit parish church does. 🎄
Now at home with a cup of hot chocolate watching Nine Lessons and Carols from Westminster Abbey. ♥️
Now at home with a cup of hot chocolate watching Nine Lessons and Carols from Westminster Abbey. ♥️
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Dicey going down to Midnight Mass tonight what with a surprise snowfall, freezing temperatures, and fog, but worth it. Lovely service in that special way that a small close-knit parish church does. 🎄
Now at home with a cup of hot chocolate watching Nine Lessons and Carols from Westminster Abbey. ♥️
Now at home with a cup of hot chocolate watching Nine Lessons and Carols from Westminster Abbey. ♥️
OK, last Christmas Eve post, then I'd better get moving to make Midnight Mass:
I love Christmas Pageants, and I will put babies dressed as angels in tinsel halos up against all the darkness in the world. Evil doesn't stand a chance! 👼👼👼
I love Christmas Pageants, and I will put babies dressed as angels in tinsel halos up against all the darkness in the world. Evil doesn't stand a chance! 👼👼👼
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
OK, last Christmas Eve post, then I'd better get moving to make Midnight Mass:
I love Christmas Pageants, and I will put babies dressed as angels in tinsel halos up against all the darkness in the world. Evil doesn't stand a chance! 👼👼👼
I love Christmas Pageants, and I will put babies dressed as angels in tinsel halos up against all the darkness in the world. Evil doesn't stand a chance! 👼👼👼
🧵1/2 - Ask me about virgin births, wandering stars, and choirs of angels midsummer when I'm mowing my lawn, and I will explain about Semitic literature style, the Greek hero storytelling format coopted later by Roman Emperors which Christians used for contrast, etc., but ask me on Christmas Eve...
December 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
🧵1/2 - Ask me about virgin births, wandering stars, and choirs of angels midsummer when I'm mowing my lawn, and I will explain about Semitic literature style, the Greek hero storytelling format coopted later by Roman Emperors which Christians used for contrast, etc., but ask me on Christmas Eve...
My last standing joke before Midnight Mass:
Coming out of the Sacristy, resplendent in alb, white stole, and cope, the choir would be waiting for the processional, and I would sigh heavily and say, "Years of seminary to be called Father, and here I am dressed as Mother." Always got a big laugh.
Coming out of the Sacristy, resplendent in alb, white stole, and cope, the choir would be waiting for the processional, and I would sigh heavily and say, "Years of seminary to be called Father, and here I am dressed as Mother." Always got a big laugh.
December 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My last standing joke before Midnight Mass:
Coming out of the Sacristy, resplendent in alb, white stole, and cope, the choir would be waiting for the processional, and I would sigh heavily and say, "Years of seminary to be called Father, and here I am dressed as Mother." Always got a big laugh.
Coming out of the Sacristy, resplendent in alb, white stole, and cope, the choir would be waiting for the processional, and I would sigh heavily and say, "Years of seminary to be called Father, and here I am dressed as Mother." Always got a big laugh.
1/2 - At Midnight Mass at the Cathedral, porcelain baby Jesus wasn't put in the manger until we went to the creche during the processional. Before then, baby Jesus was safely in my pocket. One of our black parishioners and I had a running discussion that our porcelain baby Jesus was so white...
December 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
1/2 - At Midnight Mass at the Cathedral, porcelain baby Jesus wasn't put in the manger until we went to the creche during the processional. Before then, baby Jesus was safely in my pocket. One of our black parishioners and I had a running discussion that our porcelain baby Jesus was so white...
Cold & rainy — Just got back in from feeding birds and outside cats. Can't feel my hands. The poor wrens just mobbed the feeders after I filled them. Crusty old Magnificat grumbled and complained about leaving his warm shelter when I came out. I apologized, but he was having none of my crap.
December 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Cold & rainy — Just got back in from feeding birds and outside cats. Can't feel my hands. The poor wrens just mobbed the feeders after I filled them. Crusty old Magnificat grumbled and complained about leaving his warm shelter when I came out. I apologized, but he was having none of my crap.
Charlie is in his office even on Christmas Eve!
All this cat does is work, work, work!
All this cat does is work, work, work!
December 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Charlie is in his office even on Christmas Eve!
All this cat does is work, work, work!
All this cat does is work, work, work!
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The power of anthropomorphic makeup:
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The power of anthropomorphic makeup:
A Poem for Christmas
🧵1/10 — The angels who spent days with needle and thread
repairing their torn wings have come.
The ones who overslept have made it,
sliding in just in time.
The ones who sat at bedsides as someone breathed their last are here,
their hands still smelling of nard...
🧵1/10 — The angels who spent days with needle and thread
repairing their torn wings have come.
The ones who overslept have made it,
sliding in just in time.
The ones who sat at bedsides as someone breathed their last are here,
their hands still smelling of nard...
December 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A Poem for Christmas
🧵1/10 — The angels who spent days with needle and thread
repairing their torn wings have come.
The ones who overslept have made it,
sliding in just in time.
The ones who sat at bedsides as someone breathed their last are here,
their hands still smelling of nard...
🧵1/10 — The angels who spent days with needle and thread
repairing their torn wings have come.
The ones who overslept have made it,
sliding in just in time.
The ones who sat at bedsides as someone breathed their last are here,
their hands still smelling of nard...
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Trump appears to be panicking about his mortality and coping with it by putting his name on as many things as possible so people will remember him.
But his name will be removed from buildings, disappear from headlines, and he will be forgotten, except as a synonym for greed and cruelty.
But his name will be removed from buildings, disappear from headlines, and he will be forgotten, except as a synonym for greed and cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trump appears to be panicking about his mortality and coping with it by putting his name on as many things as possible so people will remember him.
But his name will be removed from buildings, disappear from headlines, and he will be forgotten, except as a synonym for greed and cruelty.
But his name will be removed from buildings, disappear from headlines, and he will be forgotten, except as a synonym for greed and cruelty.
Finished up the turkey soup, a 3-day process:
• Slow cook the carcass overnight with seasonings and vegetables to make the stock;
• Slow cook the stock with new vegetables and seasoning, add in all the turkey meat off the carcass;
• Add noodles after it's cooled.
It's scrumptious!
• Slow cook the carcass overnight with seasonings and vegetables to make the stock;
• Slow cook the stock with new vegetables and seasoning, add in all the turkey meat off the carcass;
• Add noodles after it's cooled.
It's scrumptious!
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Finished up the turkey soup, a 3-day process:
• Slow cook the carcass overnight with seasonings and vegetables to make the stock;
• Slow cook the stock with new vegetables and seasoning, add in all the turkey meat off the carcass;
• Add noodles after it's cooled.
It's scrumptious!
• Slow cook the carcass overnight with seasonings and vegetables to make the stock;
• Slow cook the stock with new vegetables and seasoning, add in all the turkey meat off the carcass;
• Add noodles after it's cooled.
It's scrumptious!
Been the priest at church since Jan. when the rector took a job in Oklahoma. Love serving, but only got off due to surgery in Nov. They hired a sub till Feb. But today, we heard they hired The Rev. Hannah Wilder who arrives in Mar. May have to sub in Feb., but I'm back to retirement!
December 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Been the priest at church since Jan. when the rector took a job in Oklahoma. Love serving, but only got off due to surgery in Nov. They hired a sub till Feb. But today, we heard they hired The Rev. Hannah Wilder who arrives in Mar. May have to sub in Feb., but I'm back to retirement!
Excellent point!
December 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Excellent point!
"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common."
— Dorothy Parker
— Dorothy Parker
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common."
— Dorothy Parker
— Dorothy Parker
What if the dragon in the story maybe used to be a bad guy, but now is just lonely? After all this time, could he still come home for Christmas? Made me cry.
(Although, full disclosure, during the holidays, McDonalds commercials make me cry. Yeah... kind of a crybaby.)
(Although, full disclosure, during the holidays, McDonalds commercials make me cry. Yeah... kind of a crybaby.)
Breathe A Flame For Christmas - Fantasy-Pop Song
YouTube video by Aether and Ink
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December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What if the dragon in the story maybe used to be a bad guy, but now is just lonely? After all this time, could he still come home for Christmas? Made me cry.
(Although, full disclosure, during the holidays, McDonalds commercials make me cry. Yeah... kind of a crybaby.)
(Although, full disclosure, during the holidays, McDonalds commercials make me cry. Yeah... kind of a crybaby.)
Heard a sneeze from the next room and automatically said, "Gezundheit!" Thought a kitty had sneezed. But then realized, no, that was my English muffins popping up out of the toaster.
I think I do need a quick nap before dinner.
I think I do need a quick nap before dinner.
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Heard a sneeze from the next room and automatically said, "Gezundheit!" Thought a kitty had sneezed. But then realized, no, that was my English muffins popping up out of the toaster.
I think I do need a quick nap before dinner.
I think I do need a quick nap before dinner.
Teatime couldn't come a moment too soon! It's cold and raining here in the mountains, probably snow in the higher elevations and over the pass to California. 🌧️ I was out in it running the last of my local Christmas cards to the post office. Good to be home with the kitties and a warm cup of tea! 🍵
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Teatime couldn't come a moment too soon! It's cold and raining here in the mountains, probably snow in the higher elevations and over the pass to California. 🌧️ I was out in it running the last of my local Christmas cards to the post office. Good to be home with the kitties and a warm cup of tea! 🍵
I've found some unusual cat calendars for 2026. I'm particularly interested in Medieval Cats with Crowns.
Medieval Cats with Crowns Calendar 2026 - Buy 1
👑🐱 ALL CATS DESERVE CROWNS! 🐱🗓️ This 2026 medieval crowned cat calendar features a unique design, with medieval cats wearing crowns as its theme—grotesque, comical, and beautifully illustrated. ...
www.meetwind.net
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've found some unusual cat calendars for 2026. I'm particularly interested in Medieval Cats with Crowns.
Speaking of my older daughter's conversion to fountain pens, she just sent me this ink link. It's the ink she's chosen for thank-you cards for Christmas. She also mentioned she had ordered a new pen but with a medium nib to handle the shimmer.
There is no zeal like the zeal of a convert! ✒️✨
There is no zeal like the zeal of a convert! ✒️✨
Diamine Sparkling Shadows - Shimmer - 50ml Bottled Ink
Manufacturers since 1864, Diamine Inks relocated to this purpose built 'state of the art' factory in Liverpool in 1925, where they successfully carried on using the traditional methods and formulas fo...
www.atlasstationers.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Speaking of my older daughter's conversion to fountain pens, she just sent me this ink link. It's the ink she's chosen for thank-you cards for Christmas. She also mentioned she had ordered a new pen but with a medium nib to handle the shimmer.
There is no zeal like the zeal of a convert! ✒️✨
There is no zeal like the zeal of a convert! ✒️✨
I love how the Germans are so direct about Trump:
"A fact check of Trump's TV speech from Wednesday night: Lies, Lies, Lies."
"A fact check of Trump's TV speech from Wednesday night: Lies, Lies, Lies."
Ein Faktencheck zu Trumps TV-Rede von Mittwoch Nacht:
Lügen, Lügen, Lügen.
Lügen, Lügen, Lügen.
Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims in prime-time address | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump made a series of false claims during his prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday night. Here is a fact check.
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I love how the Germans are so direct about Trump:
"A fact check of Trump's TV speech from Wednesday night: Lies, Lies, Lies."
"A fact check of Trump's TV speech from Wednesday night: Lies, Lies, Lies."
Excellent! You know what to do, Chicago!
HEY CHICAGO!!!
The annual snow plow naming competition is here. Are we ready to stuff the ballot box?
Asking all Chicagoans to throw in their vote for ABOLISH ICE as the name of one of the new snow plows!
(Chicago zip codes only hint hint)
#Chicago #MeltICE
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
The annual snow plow naming competition is here. Are we ready to stuff the ballot box?
Asking all Chicagoans to throw in their vote for ABOLISH ICE as the name of one of the new snow plows!
(Chicago zip codes only hint hint)
#Chicago #MeltICE
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
www.chicago.gov
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Excellent! You know what to do, Chicago!
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Faith communities have been key to the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. This holiday season, we all have a chance to support their efforts. Watch and share this powerful message with our partners @interfaithalliance.org calling on people of all backgrounds to choose LoveNotICE.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Faith communities have been key to the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. This holiday season, we all have a chance to support their efforts. Watch and share this powerful message with our partners @interfaithalliance.org calling on people of all backgrounds to choose LoveNotICE.org
My father was a fundamentalist preacher. He used to joke about charlatan preachers, "When you are making a weak point, just raise your voice and pound the pulpit." That appears to be the advice Trump followed in last night's speech.
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My father was a fundamentalist preacher. He used to joke about charlatan preachers, "When you are making a weak point, just raise your voice and pound the pulpit." That appears to be the advice Trump followed in last night's speech.