Simplifying… with a “touch”

Sitting here at the Townsend Street Market grabbing one of their fabulous “pepper steak, peppers, onion, cheese” subs. Hot, delicious and fresh…
I’m throwing a few more colories into this 59 year old frame–don’t ride as well when I’m doing the longer distances without a couple of days of extra carbs. Ahhh…
Doing shorter, more immediate posts [...]

Outside the box…

For a few weeks I’ve been bemoaning the time to sit down at the keyboard and write a post. Oh, Tim! You’re so slow to think “outside the box”!
Thanks, B.A. for the Twitter follow–got me to acting, instead of feeling sorry for time lost because of my own inflexibility… so, a “tweet” since 9:00AM [...]

Perfection… in simplicity

Oh, how we strive for perfection!  And how we fall short …
Since February, I’ve been snatching an hour here, an hour there…  transforming my “office” into a true study – “A Country Deacon’s Study”.  My vision is one of a space with my books and reference materials close at hand.  The hand written Book of [...]

Thinking terrestrial…

Just a few months from now (February 17, 2009 to be exact) the airwaves around the country will be devoid of analog television signals.  Even with the government mandated change to digital high-definition television broadcasting, the radio signal spectrum will be more populated than ever, as cell, Wi-Fi and countless other radio frequency technologies vie [...]

Let ‘er roll!

OK, so it began as a bit of a lark: gasoline was hovering near $4.00/gal. and living in rural upstate New York–well, I drive a lot. I wondered: “Can I improve my gas mileage a bit?”. I’ve been driving a “vintage” 2001 Hyundai Accent GL, 3-door hatchback for two years. [...]

Walking the fence line…

Sitting her in one of the many food courts at Newark Liberty Int’l. Airport… sinking this “post” into the cyber-field bounded by public wi-fi; am I really any different than you? Musing on the meaning of it all… and wondering.

One wrong… one right

After reading the Thursday, April 10th article in the Evening Sun about the burglary and vandalism at the Jewish Center, I wondered “what is wrong here; why the hate”? At about the same time that the City of Norwich Police was investigating the crime scene with assistance by the State Police, 40 miles to [...]

Savvy! USCCB’s Papal Blog

Have you checked it out? The font is a bit on the small side, and it could stand a little visual relief… but the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently launched an “insider’s perspective” blog for the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States. The April 15-20 papal visit [...]

Connections… musing on community & belonging

When I first started posting to Gospel Hill Posts in January 2007, I wrote, “My goal: to have Gospel Hill Posts running right here on Gospel Hill before Year 3 in the Deacon Formation Program is over!” Well, that hasn’t happened. Why?
Just a short 15 months ago hosting my own blog or website seemed [...]

“Touched by an iPod”… and prepping for the JailBreak!

It was bound to happen…
One day I was using my Palm T|X, the next I was volunteering to train our Instructional Services group on some of the “in’s and out’s” of pushing the envelope with a PDA. Why?
Well, over the past 2 and 1/2 years my Palm has become that “itty-bitty” laptop replacement that has [...]