Beautiful Poetry: John Milton’s “On His Deceased Wife”
The blind Milton reciting Paradise Lost to his daughters This is one of my favorite little poems from one of my favorite poets, the great John Milton (1608-1674). Second only…
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Great Alpha Males of History: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton As we live in our modern, technologically sophisticated world, it is important to remember the great men who came before us, who paved the way for…
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Online Abstinence
St. Jerome in the Desert by Leonardo da Vinci. St. Jerome fled the inanities of his own time, the Late Roman Empire, to find spiritual renewal elsewhere. For nearly a…
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The Beauty of Fall
Fall is a great time of the year. I am not sure which I prefer, spring or fall, but regardless, there is a special quality to fall. The weather is…