Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton was a paradox: as a contemplative Trappist monk cloistered in an austere Roman Catholic brotherhood that required of him a vow of silence [...]
Honoring the Passing of Wendell Berry
Photo by Dan Carraco, Via Poetry Foundation Wendell Berry has died at age 92. I notice the different headlines, each giving a different descriptive phrase about [...]
Extremes
Extremes Everywhere, extremes! Today the temperature here will go from 32 at dawn to 85 mid-afternoon, and then back down to 28 [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: William Barker, Early Virginia Mariner and Colonist
William Barker, a mariner, had by 1624 been back and forth between England and America several times. He is referred to as "William Barker, Mariner," [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: Burges In England Prior to American Colonization: Part 1
Burges in England prior to colonization in the Americas. Burges in England prior to North American colonization include knights, barons, land holders, ordinary husbandmen, distinguished [...]
Ancestry: Surnames: Burges in England Prior to American Colonization, Part 2
At the end of the previous segment of this manuscript, as is usual when making genealogical connections, we leaped ahead of ourselves to bring in [...]
Ancestry: Virginia Until 1625: Early English Settlement in Virginia Along Rivers
Earliest English Settlement in Virginia Was Along the Rivers Almost all the early settlement in the Virginia colony was located along one of the many [...]
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Understanding Archetypes
The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung said that the gods and goddesses of myth are “archetypal” symbols for energies in our psyches. Since this workshop concerns [...]
