We got a long needle pine that almost touches the ceiling in our living room. It's a concolar pine that smells like oranges. Really.... ...

  I don't have church Sunday. No sermon to write. I haven't done much this week. Took out the trash and recycling and brought the em...

  There have been so many mass shootings in our country in the past year--most recently at the University of Nevada Los Vegas--that I would ...

(I do this ever so often to remind you why my blog is called "Under the Castor Oil Tree.) My first post Sitting under the Castor O...

  I did a funeral for G. yesterday. He had been a member of St. John's on the Green in Waterbury where I was Rector for 21 years. He was...

  Advent 1, 2023         Though Advent is a time of deep darkness, Jesus tells us to stay awake and ‘watch’ for the man returning from h...

This morning I went out and started the car 15 minutes before heading up to Trinity, Milton. I wanted to be able to be warm for my 33 mile t...