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  • Making Time for Autumn Remembrance

    Making Time for Autumn Remembrance0

    In the fall, trees draw all the nutrients from their leaves down into the trunk and earth-enmeshed roots, saving sustenance for the winter ahead. As the tree sucks in the lively green chlorophyll from its leaves, the underlying carotenoids become visible in the flaming yellows, oranges, reds, and browns of the autumn canopies. Then the

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  • Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?

    Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?0

    When you think of beauty your mind may go to a sunset or landscape, maybe a famous painting or poem. It is less common to associate beauty with medieval Scholastic philosophy, especially that of a celibate priest named Thomas Aquinas. Ancient peoples leading up to the Scholastic period took beauty very seriously, believing that beauty

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  • Opening Eyes and Hearts to Love of Country

    Opening Eyes and Hearts to Love of Country0

    Over 10 years ago, I began writing an autobiography of sorts on my blog based on meaningful objects in my home. These are the possessions – an ornamental sword from the long-defunct Staunton Military Academy, a slender Lladró figurine of a nurse I’d given to my wife Kris one Christmas, a large, time-battered desk she’d

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