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The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

As my old friend Phil used to say, see you next year.

Have a Happy New Year.

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"Quo vadis, Domine?" (Where are you going, Lord?)

Nazarius did not hear the answer; but to Peter's ears came a sad and sweet voice, which said, --

"If you desert my people, I am going to Rome to be crucified a second time."

The Apostle lay on the ground, his face in the dust, without motion or speech. It seemed to Nazarius that he had fainted or was dead; but he rose at last, seized the staff with trembling hands, and turned without a word toward the seven hills of the city.

The boy, seeing this, repeated as an echo--

"Quo vadis, Domine?"

"To Rome," said the Apostle, in a low voice.

Henryk Sinkewicz, Quo Vadis

And it is.

Have a Happy New Year.

Cole Slaw Recipe, Southern Style

To placate disappointed customers, Chick-fil-A, which is taking coleslaw of their menu next month, has released their seventy year old receipe.

It is pretty much a classic Southern take on cole slaw.   The cabbage must be finely shredded in this.

I am going to try adding a dash of Worcestershire sauce to mine as well.

I add this to home made tartar sauce as well.  I use chopped onions, pickle relish, some mayonaisse and a dash of Worcestershire to taste.  Adding a little lemon juice is a common variant as well, which I do not do since we put it directly on the fish.