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“… being Orthodox in England is an interesting and exotic thing. I wish it wasn’t. Although I feel completely right about being Orthodox, there is one thing that I liked about being Anglican, which was that I could just go to the church down the road with everybody who lives around here. So, that’s a problem. I’m not Orthodox to be odd. I’m Orthodox to be Orthodox, for right worship…“  (photo credit to izarbeltza)

How does one determine what is acceptable and unacceptable?  One priest’s musings on the subject of tattoos.

(photo credit — I’m not particularly enamored of tattoos in general, but I adore this photo –to Josh Parrish)

Men in hats?  It can be a good thing.  Here’s a lesson on how to do it well:  Hats 101.

The same fellow (the dapper gentleman owner of the Uncreative Separatists site) offers additional tips for men on dressing well.  Why?  Why not?

 (photo credit?  Hen Power!  It’s a Flickr Creative Commons photo)

This is sooo cool!   Dara of the Modest Clothing Directory has linked to this,  my humble blog, as one of her “Cool Sites and Blogs.”   Since I deeply appreciate her work and love her site, this is beyond gratifying for me.

If you have an interest in dignified dressing, you’ve got to visit the Modest Clothing Directory.  She lists modest clothing sites by creed and region, and she even links to sites that sell and promote organic and fair trade goods.    And there’s a page for rare, hard-to-find clothing items.  And for things she considers “neat inventions.”  Plus, she has links to great articles about modest dressing and modest clothing tips.  And that’s just the beginning.

Hey, if you dress yourself at all, the Modest Clothing Directory is well worth a look. 

Thanks, Dara!

Yikes.  Handmaid Leah tagged me for this meme.  She was tagged by David at David’s Daily Diversions:

Here are the rules…

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1.  When I was very young, I decided I wouldn’t befriend people with glasses, since I couldn’t really see their eyes and I couldn’t be sure they could be trusted.  When soon enough I myself became one of those people with glasses, I decided God had a sense of humor.

2  My favorite number is seven because it wasn’t till I was seven that I realized (drum roll):  “I am SEVEN YEARS OLD.  I have been around for SEVEN YEARS. ” I am, perhaps, slow on the uptake.

3  Nevertheless, I am — ahem — brilliant with analogies and my score on the Miller Analogies Test got me into Mensa and Intertel.  Lord knows why I wanted in, but there you are.  It was comforting for a while.

4  I think people who are seen as gullible are not always ill-informed or ignorant, but rather open to great possibilities and smart enough to understand that many, many things are possible.  At least, as a sometimes gullible person, this is what I prefer to believe.

5  I don’t know why I wear hats.  I know many do it for religious reasons, and that fascinates me and I think it’s cool.  Still, for me, right now, I think I just like hats better than hairstyles.  I basically feel it’s a more dignified option for me.

6  My feet are size 11.

7  My feet have been hurting a lot, and it’s not because I’m on my feet all day, quite the opposite.  I’ve been keeping an eye on my habits, and it appears that I scrunch up my feet and twist them around and set them on the wheels of my chair when I am sitting at my desk.  I’m probably messing up the muscles in this way.  I soaked them last night in hot water, and it helped immeasurably.

8  I bite my fingernails while I am driving.

 Tagging:

Xenia Kathryn

Christina

Susan

Anna

Okay, this may or may not be pathetic, and I know I am breaking The Rules and this disturbs me, but I can’t think of anyone else to tag!  If you read this and are slightly offended that I didn’t think of tagging YOU, let me know.  Please.

What is a meme?

(the pic?  That’s a very nice haori;  I own this one, actually)

Hats with Heart has a very comfy sleep cap, the Comfort Sleep Cap #230.   Yes, I’ve tested it myself.  I bet it’d be very comforting if I had no hair at all, but even with hair, it’s great!

Nayanika Mookherjee did anthropological fieldwork in Bangladesh;  in this article, she examines what our clothing choices say to others.  

(the pic is from elkrusty;  it’s a Creative Commons photo)

“We are calling on all people of conscience, freedom of choice supporters, religious freedom, civil liberties and human rights groups around the world to support our religious, cultural, civil, and human right to wear head cover in public schools and public institutions.

We urge the United Nations to step in and take an action against any government that passes a ban against veiled women or head covered men.”

Yup, Muslims are behind this.  No, I don’t think it’s evil.  In fact, I think we should all be able to cover our heads if we want to.

Sign the petition here.

(the pic?  Though the petition is serious, this photo is not — it’s a Creative Commons Flickr photo from Orthodork;  check out her photo of Mother Gabriella of THE ORTHODOX MONASTERY OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD)

        Married women in Romania wore a variety of headcoverings.

(illustration from the Eliznik Romania pages)

Today, “the use of the veil in Muslim cultures has opened an eager discussion. Perhaps, learning more about western fashions and traditions helps us to see how recent the ladies’ habit of going bareheaded in pubic places actually is, in so-called western cultures as well. The regulation of covering ones head is only one of the many varying social rules we find when studying different folk traditions.”

(illustration is from the UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN HELSINKI’s webpage “In search of Finnish roots/Headgear in women’s lives.”)