Christian Pipe Smokers

Another Christmas treat showed up at our door---a tamale pie!
I love this season.

What made me happy today maybe completely selfish, but among many other happy things that happened today, I just logged on to Abebooks. For almost two years I been searching for Anthony Esolen's translation of all three books of Dante Alligheri's Divine Comedy, and tonight, Abebooks had 'em new and ...

coco wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 17:29 Tamale "apocalypse" might imply that all tamales were being destroyed, or perhaps that tamales were destroying everything.

Or that tamales are everywhere this time of year---like it's a tamale invasion,
Inescapable deliciousness

This is really sad.

I remember Red's Tamales.
They were not tamales.
Good riddance!
That old boy needs a tamale lady for real tamales

I wasn't aware that tamales had a season. I'll have to look around, I used to always see roadside trucks here and there in this area, selling fresh tamales. Home made tamales are a Christmas/New Years tradition among some communities, and there always seems to be a kindly tamale lady to keep gratef...

Indy. Because old guys rule

+JMJ+ Interesting. I need to read Aquinas. If yer considering dippin' yer toe into the water, might I recommend: Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas by Matthew Levering https://web.archive.org/web/20221212174200if_/https://i.imgflip.com/7422ba.jpg Thoug...

I like this "wormhole" analogy. It's a great way to explain the mysteries to teenagers. It gets a little wonky trying to explain how Symbols and Sacraments work. "It does not merely 'represent' the reality. It 're-presents' the reality. It makes the reality 'present' for us. The veil...

Indeed (hic! )

praying