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Dr. Sheltie

Dr. Sheltie

http://drsheltie.blogspot.com

Sharing in Christian spirituality, politics (from a progressive/green perspective), books, movies, music, and other odds and ends through Sheltie-colored lenses.

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  • sad soul thankful for the Cowboys

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 19:08 in sports, football, thanksgiving

    At our local ecumenical Thanksgiving service last Sunday night, I was the preacher. This is how I began my sermon: “This being a special ecumenical service for Thanksgiving, I figured, ‘Well, at least I know what my theme is!’ For some people, ...

  • here\'s hope

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 16:43 in music, dream theater, james labrie, marco sfogli

    My latest hope for life on earth, guitaristically speaking, is Marco Sfogli.  I recently discovered the Italian musician by deciding to finally check out James LaBrie's solo album, Elements of Persuasion.  LaBrie, the vocalist for Dream The...

  • heart in space

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 21:30 in music, space music

    It just dawned on me that I discovered “Hearts of Space” twenty-five years ago this month.In November 1984, I was listening to the Vanderbilt University radio station (WRVU) in Nashville. At the time, my musical preferences didn’t extend very f...

  • paraskevidekatriaphobia

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 15:58 in Personal, paraskevidekatriaphobia

    We have had some car repairs today that we didn’t anticipate upon awakening. There are those who would attribute that to the date, those afflicted by the condition known as paraskevidekatriaphobia.This morning, as my wife Banu was preparing to visi...

  • what shall we do?

    Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 20:23 in movies, the year of living dangerously

    While checking what I can watch during commercial breaks during Monday Night Football, I came upon one of my favorite movies, The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).  It's truly a great movie, set in 1965 Indonesia, with Mel Gibson, Sigourne...

  • a night for a sonic Sheltie

    Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 11:05 in Personal, halloween, shetland sheepdog

    I would guess that, for his entire life, Halloween has been our dog Duncan's least favorite night.  I don't think it has anything to do with ghosts and goblins.  Rather, it's been the frequent ringing of the doorbell, as trick-or-treaters p...

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