by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
#PoetryFriday 26_0403. We are celebrating Holy Week — the most sacred week in Christianity. During this week, we commemorate the final days of Jesus Christ’s life on earth — beginning with His joyous entry into Jerusalem, continuing through His suffering,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 27#PoetryFriday 26-0327 This Sunday we will celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. And so I am sharing “Palm Sunday,” one of the Holy Week sonnets by the poet-priest Malcom Guite published in his book Sounding...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 20#PoetryFriday, 26_0320 In about a week, we will celebrate Palm Sunday–the first day of Holy Week, perhaps the most celebrated week in Christianity. It begins with Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, recorded in all four Gospels...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 17 In the tradition of the Irish, I had a delicious lunch of corn beef, boiled potatoes and carrots, and a braised cabbage wedge at the MarKum Inn with my husband. Irish Dinner Corn Beef, Potatoes, Carrots, Cabbage MarKum Inn Mt. Angel,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 16 In celebration of the Irish, I share this limerick slice. Limericks first appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century and were popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century. They were combined and sung as traditional...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
SOL25-1230 From my journal: Before sunrise . . . Christmas cookies and coffee–Cookies: ice kipfels, date pinwheels, date tartsCoffee: Black Rifle Coffee And while I enjoy my coffee and cookies, As I am pondering the year past and the new one ahead, I am...
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