September 30, 2007

  • Short Service, continued:

    Hat Tip

    Today's New York Times
    on the Sept. 22 death
    of William D. Rogers,
    architect of United States
    policy on Latin America--

    When Rogers died during
    a Virginia fox hunt,

    "An Episcopal
    priest was called,
    the hounds were collected
    and the hunters gathered
    for a short service on the spot.

    'One by one, they rode past him
    and tipped their hats'...."

    Rachel Cobb photo of man returning a crucifix to Huichol village chapel


    A man returns a crucifix
    to a Huichol village chapel.

    Photo by Rachel Cobb
    for National Geographic

     "The Eagle soars in
          the summit of Heaven,

    The Hunter with his dogs
          pursues his circuit."

    -- Opening lines of  

    "Choruses from 'The Rock',"

    Thomas Stearns Eliot, 1934



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