tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post1035147491402629280..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: January 1, 2018Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-68730849116184600502018-01-02T20:01:22.453-06:002018-01-02T20:01:22.453-06:00Boy, the Scots I've known have made even an up...Boy, the Scots I've known have made even an uptight Irish New Englander like me seem lax. I had to tutor one once, he'd been given an assignment to write some lyrics for a Christmas song. Once we managed to smooth out the lines the results would have been grim enough for John Knox. Nice guy, though dead earnest. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-51249086568489121682018-01-02T11:02:45.991-06:002018-01-02T11:02:45.991-06:00These are the Scots. Further north, and colder.
...These are the Scots. Further north, and colder.<br /><br />I don't think Carmichael would recognize any ceremony involving naked women in winter, though. I suspect that's a crazy modern twist, along with the axe and winged helmet. Nothing terribly Scottish about any of it, but this is what we do to traditions we forget and then try to recover.<br /><br />Oh, well.....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-3691816755107953182018-01-02T10:01:52.109-06:002018-01-02T10:01:52.109-06:00It was below 10F here at the highest yesterday, th...It was below 10F here at the highest yesterday, the idea of going out just dressed in paint would put me off of it. <br /><br />Christianization saved the Irish. From freezing to death, if nothing else. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.com