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GetReligion.org notes a Washington Post travel piece about visiting Mt. Athos. With follow-up comments from the original author of the Washington Post piece.

(The pic is from Flickr and is by skitonas.)

Erin at the A Dress a Day blog found this eBay auction for an adorable apron dress back on August 11.

Cool blog.

Cool dress.

All is revealed by people who costume themselves for various things.

The pic? The one that’s not the painting by Van Eyck is Olivegreen’s from Flickr.

Jessamyn Reeves-Brown creates custom historical and contemporary garments; she appears to be particularly fond of the Regency era. She has a lovely page on hairstyles of that time.

The pic here is from her website and shows a modern-day look very like Regency styles.

Hijab Al-Muminat, the company whose gauntlets I was raving about last week, also has some very nice cottony hijabs which, if you’re not Muslim, translate nicely into plain old headscarves. The texture is great, not too slippery.

The pic is from Flickr, a photo by Sindi Sheth of her librarian friend Vanessa in a headscarf. A wonderful photo.

Yesterday, Father Theodore’s homily was on the Epistle Reading, I Corinthians 4:9-16:

“Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.”

I didn’t take notes, but the sermon seemed to me to be full of good observations. Paraphrasing, here are few: “Sloth kills.” “God’s love for us is constant.” “Don’t be afraid to be unusual.”

The actual sermon isn’t up yet, but you’ll find it here soon. All of his sermons are well worth listening to. More than once, even. :-)

Love this snood! Kathryn A. White of CrochetnBeads.com created it. And hey, if you can crochet, here’s the pattern!

Domestique

Well, back to Domestique again. Check out these striped aprons! Very, very nice.

Remember my post back in June about my allergies? Well, I finally got to an allergist, and surprise, surprise: I do not have allergies. I have a problem with particulates! Oh, boy.

I mention this only to help others. If, for example, you didn’t have allergies for years, and now, suddenly, you seem to have them when the pollen count is high, guess what? It’s probably particulates.

They don’t have drugs for it. My doctor recommends doing unspeakable things to your sinuses with salt water.

I’m thinking that I might look rather fetching in a particulate respirator. Hmmm…

Melanie, on the ‘Mane’ Forum of the Longhair Community Discussion Boards, says, “I’m wearing those headcoverings for looks, as a fashion statement only, for neither religious nor political reasons, still people’s reactions are pretty interesting….”

Others weigh in with their experiences, and, interestingly, Anna says, “Men are almost always more differential and polite when I have my hair covered…”