"While the world I know is crashing to bits, and what with the noise and the cryings-out no man could hear a trumpet blast, much less an idle evening reverie, I will indulge a heart beginning to be fretful by repeating to it the stories it knows and loves of my own country and my own people.”
-Percy
@java_warrior@EveKeneinan Romans 7:14-25 The law is good, then, and the trouble is not there but with me because I am sold into slavery with Sin as my owner.
15 I don’t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I can’t. I do what I don’t want to—what I hate....(continued)
@MagdeburgMike Tim 2:23 ...have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome...
@BiblicalBeauty A Tale of Two Cities is a must! And I stumbled upon Pride and Prejudice when I was 19 or 20, not knowing what it was… I can tell you no other single book helped me understand male-female interaction and social situations more than that.
Texas is larger than Alberta.
• Alberta (a Canadian province): total area of 661,848 km²
(255,541 sq mi).
• Texas (a U.S. state): total area of 695,662 km² (268,597 sq mi).
Texas is roughly 5% bigger by total area (the standard way these comparisons are made, including inland water). Even by land area alone, Texas comes out ahead (about 676,587 km² vs. Alberta’s ~640,082 km²). This is why direct size-comparison maps and sources consistently show Texas as the larger of the two.
@RonDeSantis Grits are delicious made in a variety of ways... including with butter and sugar as my grandmother made for us as children! If you haven't had grits with butter and a little sugar you're missing out!😋
@roddreher I still call the evening meal supper... but midday is lunch except for Sunday dinner and holiday dinners... and dinner on the ground at church...