Archie’s binky. 🐶📷

Per my true love (via Robt. Venturi), "Less is a bore." Archie (and I) like it!

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... the presentation of our bodies is our spiritual act of worship. It is a significant Christian paradox. No worship is pleasing to God which is purely inward, abstract and mystical; it must express itself in concrete acts of service performed by our bodies. [John Stott
Romans](https://www.ivpress.com/romans-jsbs) 💬

God can make good use of all that happens. But the loss is real. [C.S. Lewis
Perelandra](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100924.Perelandra) 💬

Spurs v. Hammers: Lots of fun in the West Ham box (plus, great game by Fabianski); lots of terror in our own (esp. set pieces). But, to return to point 1: "lots of fun" has been in very short supply lately, and this was a nice change. ⚽

Enjoying Rufus Wainwright's Folkocracy -- especially, Peggy Seeger's "Heading for Home," sung by Rufus and John Legend 🎵

Jon Flaming (Am. 1962-), Peggy Sue BBQ, Dallas

Two-and-half years after his death, I miss reading new essays (and reviews and blog posts and tweets) by Terry Teachout. Here’s a good piece about Tom Stoppard, whom I also will miss profoundly, someday. (He said, perhaps naively).