'04 ファントム/Phantom - You Are Music

Delightful scenes from Maury Yeston's
and Arthur Kopit's Phantom.

Starring Yoka Wao as the Phantom
and Hanafusa Mari as Christine.

The sync is a bit off on the second one, but I
believe this is the only video available featuring
this scene with this particular acting troupe.

It's that time of year again! =D

From Read Me a Rhyme, Please!

(linked to the right:)

Holiday Dinner

By Ernestine Cobern Beyer

Sing ho for the turkey of pleasant renown,

Sing ho for the stuffing, deliciously brown,
Sing ho for the gravy, potatoes, and greens,

And ho for the cranberries, biscuits, and beans!

Sing ho for the celery, salad, and pickles,

And ho for the cider that tingles and tickles!

Sing ho for the walnuts and jellied preserves,

And ho for the pudding that grandmother serves;

Sing ho for the cookies fresh out of the range,

And ho - I mean WHOA! Don't you feel a bit strange?

From Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera

While Floating High Above.

Happy Birthday Monsieur Gerard!

Gerard Butler, aka the Phantom, that is! =)

Screencap from

Screenmusings.

Am waiting on

Chosen:
How Christ Sent Twenty-three
Surprised Converts to Replant
His Vineyard

just released from Ignatius Press...

Can't wait!

(Shhh! One's a Christmas present=)

Congratulations to PhatCatholic!

and his new bride!

There's a beautiful video (with
great music!), posted from their
wedding day, too...

Best wishes always and
God bless you both!

For Christmas, I may be singing with this Phantom!

Who is apparently the "Phantom couple's"
favorite Phantom, too!

Originally posted 10/22/09

Best wishes and many blessings...

to Dawn Eden!

Catholic convert, prolife champion, and
blogger extraordinaire since 2002. She's
also the author of:

The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment
While Keeping Your Clothes On,

(this edition, one of which is a happy addition
to my library shelf)...

and is also available in a Spanish language
version - both permanently linked on the right-
hand side under "Books", for your convenience.

Dawn has discontinued her blog,
The Dawn Patrol, after seven years of blogging,
much of which not only detailed her conversion to
Catholicism from Judaism, and her work in the
world of rock journalism, but chronicled her
intensively concentrated pro-life work and exposes
of the pro-abortion agenda. Also quite amazing,
was the conversion of her pro-life ally and some-
times-poster The Raving Atheist, to
The Raving Theist, thanks be to God!

My thanks too, to Dawn for stopping by and
commenting here - and for being one of the first
to link to my blog, (and for keeping it linked, too!)

Dawn's blog will remain linked here as well; her
contribution to the pro-life cause has been ex-
tensive, and her work has been used as a ref-
erence many times over the years.

God bless you, Dawn, in your continued service
to our dear Lord Jesus.

Amen.

Thank you to whoever translated
this blog into (what I believe is)...

Greek. =)

Speaking of authors

I was blessed to have had the opportunity
to see biographer Joseph Pearce this past
weekend, at a talk given by the C. S. Lewis
Society...

I missed hearing Dr. Pearce speak, but was
delighted to have the chance to speak with
him. After having to miss seeing him and
Dale Ahlquist last year at a local chapter of
the G. K. Chesterton Society's Chesterton
conference, I was thrilled and thankful to
be able to attend.

It was a whole lotta fun, and now I have
a bunch more books to add to my wish list!

:(

The Mother's lament to her daughter
that the most innocent lamb, Jesus Christ,
is neglected by his creatures in modern times.

Book 3 - Chapter 25

The Mother speaks: "My lament is that
on this day the most innocent lamb was
carried who best knew how to walk. On
this day, that little boy was silent who
best knew how to speak. On this day, the
most innocent little boy who never sinned
was circumcised. This is why, although I
cannot be angry, still I seem to be angry
because the supreme Lord who became a
little boy is forgotten and neglected by his
creatures."

From:

The Revelations of Saint Birgitta of Sweden.

Anne Rice, author

has joined an Amazon discussion
in the Christianity Community entitled:

Are Catholics Saved?

I was posting as "Faith", but left the discussion
as my patience with the repetitive insults was
wearing thin...

God bless those with the patience of saints,
who have answered intelligently while doing
His will -

And may the Holy Spirit touch those that are
blind to the truth, that their eyes might be
opened and clearly see that Catholics are
Christians, too -

Amen.

More of...

Ylli's work.

YouTube - Joseph Pearce's Conversion, clip 1

Thanks to the
Rochester Chesterton Society,

& an excellent tip from Peter,

who commented over @

The Blog of the American Chesterton Society.

Originally published 6/28/08.

YouTube - Joseph Pearce's Conversion - clip 2

Many thanks to the
Rochester Chesterton Society,

for their excellent work:-)

Originally published 6/28/08.

Joseph Pearce is writing

a second book on William Shakespeare -

Read all about it at the

Ink Desk.

Originally posted 5/09

An extraordinary offering from EWTN:

Available from their Audio Library:

The Quest for Shakespeare, with Joseph Pearce. (link)

If you haven't caught the program on tv, here's your
chance to listen in.


Originally posted: 4/22/09

Dear Barbara,

Just in case you stop by here again,
I received your note - I sent you two
emails this past week from my other
account as well, so I guess you didn't
get them either...

I will write, but just wanted to let you
know ASAP that I think your idea is an
excellent one! Your mom and her work
were honored in D.C. back in 1972 -
there's no reason her enchanting poetry
shouldn't be delighting the children who
reside there now...

I will write to you soon - please keep
me apprised, too!

Originally posted in the "future" on 8/30/09

*By Joe LeClerc

*This is the archived version
of this poem, originally published
in the 'future' on June 22, 2007...

M. LeClerc requested an easily-read
plain text type, available here. (link)

Although I had another request to

retain the pink version...

The White Rose Knighted


Perfervia was the Queen


.........who knighted a white rose


.............................dressed in a garland


.....................................of pear garden green




and rose became man


........who crossed morphine and milk


.......,,,,,,,.......fawn drank the potion


..................................that made fawn dream a dryad


.................................................whose garment was silk




and the silk nymph rambled


............and robbed monkeys and men


.........................till a tear tossed a turn-key


...........................................that opened a gaol. then




the bottom of heaven


...........dropped from the skies


..............................and the ear descent light




blinded nymph's eyes


.....nymph fell through a hole


..........in Swiss fromage skies


............and dropped to a place where breath whispered
flames


....................................................flicker and die

A Few Words to the Wise

From: The Revelations of Saint Birgitta of Sweden -
Book 2, Chapter 6

"...I can do all things in a single instant and with
a single word, but I want your reward to grow
through your own efforts and my glory to grow
through your bravery. Do not be surprised at
what I say. If the wisest man in the world
could count up how many souls fall into hell
each day, they would outnumber the sands of
the sea or the pebbles on the shore. This is a
matter of justice, because these souls have
separated themselves from their Lord and God.
I am saying this so that the devil's numbers may
decrease, and the danger become known, and
my army be filled up. If only they would listen
and come to their senses!"

Thinkin' of linkin'

this excellent
Concordance to the Bible,
in my sidebar...

With many thanks to:

PhatCatholic Apologetics,

for the excellent references
in theirs!

Cartoonist John Ewing

is a gentleman I recently learned about
through friend & author Barbara Beyer
Malley, as she has been looking for an
illustrator for the next published work of
her mother's poetry. I haven't , however,
been successful at copying & pasting (or
posting), the drawings Barbara has sent,
as I wanted to attempt & post at least a
page from a copy of his book:

The Cessna, The Sky....and the Cartoonist.

From Barbara:

"I discovered John Ewing... while looking
for an artist to illustrate my next series.
Noticing in his bio that he had a passion
for flying, I contacted him and sent him a
couple of my flying articles. He mailed me
a copy of his self-published book,
The Cessna, The Sky....and the Cartoonist.
The drawings and the text are both hilarious...

...In a section called "In Gratitude," John
ends with this: 'Being a Christian introduces
another element in my gratitude, too, for I
am aware that it is God who, as so often in
my past, provided the opportunities and
wherewithal to pursue this wonderful sport.
He was with me in it all the way. I am grateful
to Him.' "

Barbara also writes that John lives with his
wife Jenny in New Zealand, and worked for years
for Walt Disney as an animator. So as soon as I
can figure out how to do it, & with Mr. Ewing's
permission, I will happily post a copy of his work
here...

& my many thanks to Barbara for sharing the info!

Tumbling...

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