(0714) Morning all … still sunny but poisoned cloud billowing over.

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4. Why I’m so late getting posts out

Part of it is correspondence, part gathering and redacting early … here’s the raw copy around 0700, before redacting:

Plus Rolf just emailed a piece for NOWP 1394.

3. DAD at 1393

a) Chartres Pilgrims: Nourished by Faith, Committed to Tradition.

“The largest pilgrimage in the West” has drawn a record number of faithful this year, proving that Christianity is not quite dead.

The 44th edition of the Notre-Dame de Chrétienté Pilgrimage, which takes place every year on the Feast of Pentecost, travelling from Paris to Chartres Cathedral….

b) Yes, Britain today is governed by idiots, but that is not the sole reason it is in trouble.

Four score years, roughly four generations: Is that the natural life span of any democratic welfare state?….

c) Shocking case in France: Two minors in custody after 12-year-old found dead with towel around neck.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Monday morning, and another teenage girl turned herself in to the police shortly afterwards….

2. Blogging to me is what people say

… plus links they send. Yes, I write a fair bit, inflict it upon you, yes I do, but for me, the buzz is jumping down rabbit holes, e.g. Penseivat, Microdave, Toods:

… or Penseivat again:

Just about to see what DAD, Steve and Toods have brought … need another coffee. IYE maybe dropping by later.