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I’m going to bed early without book or tv to try to get my brain focused on my writing. And my sweet boys are here to give me their companionship. What could be better?

Last Feb I casually posted this neck stretch on Instagram (that I thought everyone knew 🤷‍♀️) and it blew up in a way I couldn’t imagine. It’s now been viewed over 8 million times 🫣😬🤣 and has brought so many wonderful people into my world.

So give it a go, it’s a pretty lovely stretch. (Though it’s not actually magic, it’s just an up…

From the Manual of Indulgences

“A priest who administers the sacraments to someone in danger of death should not fail to impart the apostolic blessing to which a plenary indulgence is attached.”

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‘Vatican II was used as a departure, not a foundation’

Galadriel: "You wish to heal Middle-earth? Heal yourself!"

Also Galadriel: jumps off a cliff to save herself and Nenya from Sauron

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Matti Friedman: Why I Got a Gun

You wrote “ told my kids that if they’re ever near a shooting attack they need to lie down flat and wait until it’s over—the main danger being less the terrorist than other Israelis who will open fire and hit something other than their target.”

Lying down until it is over is good advice, but saying the “main danger” from a terrorist attack is actually the people defending themselves and not the terrorists targeting civilians isn’t rational. That’s an anti-gun trope, and not true. I’m not trying to criticize you, I can’t imagine the situation you’re in and the pressures you are under.

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