Bede writing about fabric dye in the 8th century.
He probably meant the dog whelk, Nucella lapillus ( AKA the Atlantic dogwinkle):
archive.org/details/eccl...
He probably meant the dog whelk, Nucella lapillus ( AKA the Atlantic dogwinkle):
archive.org/details/eccl...
July 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Bede writing about fabric dye in the 8th century.
He probably meant the dog whelk, Nucella lapillus ( AKA the Atlantic dogwinkle):
archive.org/details/eccl...
He probably meant the dog whelk, Nucella lapillus ( AKA the Atlantic dogwinkle):
archive.org/details/eccl...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Sadly yes, as it stands: bsky.app/profile/eccl...
Sad news that The Independent is to stop its Cryptic Crossword in November, barring a last minute change of heart. It has forged its own distinct identity and will leave a great hole. Particular credit to Mike for introducing so many new great new setters to the professional ranks.
September 20, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Sadly yes, as it stands: bsky.app/profile/eccl...
Yes - these verses of the Eccl have always been a “nagging” presence in my searching soul - because ofc it demands a complete “let go” of everything… and I have chains…
September 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Yes - these verses of the Eccl have always been a “nagging” presence in my searching soul - because ofc it demands a complete “let go” of everything… and I have chains…
Also, while The Indy's decision is based on clicks, The i Paper presumably doesn't yet know how losing its crossword might affect physical sales of the paper.
If you buy The i Paper for its crossword, might be worth saying so here? fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...
bsky.app/profile/eccl...
If you buy The i Paper for its crossword, might be worth saying so here? fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...
bsky.app/profile/eccl...
September 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Also, while The Indy's decision is based on clicks, The i Paper presumably doesn't yet know how losing its crossword might affect physical sales of the paper.
If you buy The i Paper for its crossword, might be worth saying so here? fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...
bsky.app/profile/eccl...
If you buy The i Paper for its crossword, might be worth saying so here? fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...
bsky.app/profile/eccl...
Indie Retro News: Ecclesia - A new platformer by AmikoES for Linux, Windows and ZX Spectrum www.indieretronews.com/2025/09/eccl... #retrogaming #zxspectrum #gaming #games
September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Indie Retro News: Ecclesia - A new platformer by AmikoES for Linux, Windows and ZX Spectrum www.indieretronews.com/2025/09/eccl... #retrogaming #zxspectrum #gaming #games
Sep 24 Scripture
"Vanity of Vanities" (Eccl 1:2). Vanity is defined as self-admiration and pride. The opposites of vanity are humility, modesty, and self-respect. Herod exemplifies vanity. He "kept trying to see Jesus" (Lk 9:9), but never did. May vanity never come between Jesus and us.
"Vanity of Vanities" (Eccl 1:2). Vanity is defined as self-admiration and pride. The opposites of vanity are humility, modesty, and self-respect. Herod exemplifies vanity. He "kept trying to see Jesus" (Lk 9:9), but never did. May vanity never come between Jesus and us.
September 24, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Sep 24 Scripture
"Vanity of Vanities" (Eccl 1:2). Vanity is defined as self-admiration and pride. The opposites of vanity are humility, modesty, and self-respect. Herod exemplifies vanity. He "kept trying to see Jesus" (Lk 9:9), but never did. May vanity never come between Jesus and us.
"Vanity of Vanities" (Eccl 1:2). Vanity is defined as self-admiration and pride. The opposites of vanity are humility, modesty, and self-respect. Herod exemplifies vanity. He "kept trying to see Jesus" (Lk 9:9), but never did. May vanity never come between Jesus and us.
206 Life is Etude❣️
Christian faith believes in one God
It’s not bound by secular values
Balance between work, family, studies, etc. is important
… you should take hold of this, & from that withhold not your hand,
for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them
Eccl.7:18/ESV
Christian faith believes in one God
It’s not bound by secular values
Balance between work, family, studies, etc. is important
… you should take hold of this, & from that withhold not your hand,
for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them
Eccl.7:18/ESV
June 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
206 Life is Etude❣️
Christian faith believes in one God
It’s not bound by secular values
Balance between work, family, studies, etc. is important
… you should take hold of this, & from that withhold not your hand,
for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them
Eccl.7:18/ESV
Christian faith believes in one God
It’s not bound by secular values
Balance between work, family, studies, etc. is important
… you should take hold of this, & from that withhold not your hand,
for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them
Eccl.7:18/ESV
Bonus: this is Dürer-drawn art, and a hand-colored version can be accessed as a digital copy over here, #bookhistory:
www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/b...
www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/b...
'ASTROLABIUM IMPERATORIUM TOTIUS HABITABILIS ORBIS NOBILIORIBUS PARTIBUS INSERVIENS : Reverendo & Magnifico d[omi]no Icobo de Bannissis Sa. Cesa. Maies. Consiliario & Secretario Eccl[esi]ar[um] Triden...
www.digitale-sammlungen.de
April 22, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Bonus: this is Dürer-drawn art, and a hand-colored version can be accessed as a digital copy over here, #bookhistory:
www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/b...
www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/b...
Roman bakers in late antiquity had such difficulty getting staff, they set up bars and brothels with a trap door in them to drop customers down into the flour mill below. A soldier, who still had his sword, managed to force his way out (Socrates, eccl. hist. 5, 18).
December 6, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Roman bakers in late antiquity had such difficulty getting staff, they set up bars and brothels with a trap door in them to drop customers down into the flour mill below. A soldier, who still had his sword, managed to force his way out (Socrates, eccl. hist. 5, 18).
154 Life is Etude❣️
In Bugaku-Japanese traditional performing art, the dance performed as a farewell is called Irimai
We should prepare ourselves in life so that perform this
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted
(Eccl. 3:2/ESV)
In Bugaku-Japanese traditional performing art, the dance performed as a farewell is called Irimai
We should prepare ourselves in life so that perform this
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted
(Eccl. 3:2/ESV)
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
154 Life is Etude❣️
In Bugaku-Japanese traditional performing art, the dance performed as a farewell is called Irimai
We should prepare ourselves in life so that perform this
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted
(Eccl. 3:2/ESV)
In Bugaku-Japanese traditional performing art, the dance performed as a farewell is called Irimai
We should prepare ourselves in life so that perform this
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted
(Eccl. 3:2/ESV)
Midday motivation: You’re halfway through a masterpiece in progress. “He makes everything beautiful in its time” (Eccl. 3:11). Keep working, keep trusting—it’s all coming together. #blacksky #blackskyover40 #blackskyover30 #MiddayMomentum #FaithInTiming
December 16, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Midday motivation: You’re halfway through a masterpiece in progress. “He makes everything beautiful in its time” (Eccl. 3:11). Keep working, keep trusting—it’s all coming together. #blacksky #blackskyover40 #blackskyover30 #MiddayMomentum #FaithInTiming
“Do they not see the sun in the same way? Do they not alike sustain their being by consuming food? Is not the arrangement of their guts the same? Are not the two one dust after death? Is there not one judgment for them? a common Kingdom, and a common Gehenna?”
- Gregory of Nyssa, Homilies on Eccl.
- Gregory of Nyssa, Homilies on Eccl.
Like I read Eric Schmitt here and the call of Thaddeus Stevens still echoes in my ears:
EQUALITY OF MAN BEFORE HIS CREATOR
EQUALITY OF MAN BEFORE HIS CREATOR
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“Do they not see the sun in the same way? Do they not alike sustain their being by consuming food? Is not the arrangement of their guts the same? Are not the two one dust after death? Is there not one judgment for them? a common Kingdom, and a common Gehenna?”
- Gregory of Nyssa, Homilies on Eccl.
- Gregory of Nyssa, Homilies on Eccl.
221 Life is Etude❣️
Life, gravity & centrifugal force
Inward interest, withdraw from society
High Ideal, cannot settle down
No friendship nor social skill
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow
But woe to him who is alone when he falls & has not another to lift him up!
Eccl.4:10
Life, gravity & centrifugal force
Inward interest, withdraw from society
High Ideal, cannot settle down
No friendship nor social skill
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow
But woe to him who is alone when he falls & has not another to lift him up!
Eccl.4:10
July 23, 2026 at 11:24 PM
221 Life is Etude❣️
Life, gravity & centrifugal force
Inward interest, withdraw from society
High Ideal, cannot settle down
No friendship nor social skill
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow
But woe to him who is alone when he falls & has not another to lift him up!
Eccl.4:10
Life, gravity & centrifugal force
Inward interest, withdraw from society
High Ideal, cannot settle down
No friendship nor social skill
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow
But woe to him who is alone when he falls & has not another to lift him up!
Eccl.4:10
100
No matter you have enough money to satisfy your physical desires, heart will never be satisfied
But working contributes to both of them
“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep”
(Eccl. 5:12/ESV)
No matter you have enough money to satisfy your physical desires, heart will never be satisfied
But working contributes to both of them
“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep”
(Eccl. 5:12/ESV)
May 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
100
No matter you have enough money to satisfy your physical desires, heart will never be satisfied
But working contributes to both of them
“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep”
(Eccl. 5:12/ESV)
No matter you have enough money to satisfy your physical desires, heart will never be satisfied
But working contributes to both of them
“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep”
(Eccl. 5:12/ESV)
223 Life is Etude❣️
Hair thinning, graying unavoidable for everyone
Alarm systems that remind us life is not eternal
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come & the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”
Eccl.12:1/ESV
Hair thinning, graying unavoidable for everyone
Alarm systems that remind us life is not eternal
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come & the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”
Eccl.12:1/ESV
September 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
223 Life is Etude❣️
Hair thinning, graying unavoidable for everyone
Alarm systems that remind us life is not eternal
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come & the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”
Eccl.12:1/ESV
Hair thinning, graying unavoidable for everyone
Alarm systems that remind us life is not eternal
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come & the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”
Eccl.12:1/ESV
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This girl inspired me (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧
bsky.app/profile/eccl...
bsky.app/profile/eccl...
March 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This girl inspired me (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧
bsky.app/profile/eccl...
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"Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors—and they have no comforter." Eccl 4:1
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes." Rev 2:14
Follow Jesus' way.❤️✝️
I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors—and they have no comforter." Eccl 4:1
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes." Rev 2:14
Follow Jesus' way.❤️✝️
March 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors—and they have no comforter." Eccl 4:1
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes." Rev 2:14
Follow Jesus' way.❤️✝️
I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors—and they have no comforter." Eccl 4:1
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes." Rev 2:14
Follow Jesus' way.❤️✝️
Midday check-in! You’re halfway to greatness—“The race is not given to the swift… but to those who endure” (Eccl 9:11). Keep the pace, stay strong, and remember, you’ve got this!
#MiddayMotivation #EndureAndThrive
#blacksky #blackskyhtx #blackedusky #blackbooksky
#MiddayMotivation #EndureAndThrive
#blacksky #blackskyhtx #blackedusky #blackbooksky
November 20, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Midday check-in! You’re halfway to greatness—“The race is not given to the swift… but to those who endure” (Eccl 9:11). Keep the pace, stay strong, and remember, you’ve got this!
#MiddayMotivation #EndureAndThrive
#blacksky #blackskyhtx #blackedusky #blackbooksky
#MiddayMotivation #EndureAndThrive
#blacksky #blackskyhtx #blackedusky #blackbooksky
rav yitzḥak is his son. rav yehuda saying he hates his wife. i can only assume rav yitzḥak responded אבא לא יכילנא למקליק על ספרא הדין
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
rav yitzḥak is his son. rav yehuda saying he hates his wife. i can only assume rav yitzḥak responded אבא לא יכילנא למקליק על ספרא הדין
It’s very Ecclesiastes:
'I have seen all things under the sun; all of them are meaningless.' (Eccl. 1:14)
But Laurie comes off more haunted by faith than anti-faith. She’s mourning the collapse of what was supposed to give her meaning. But that's where things get tricky. /3
'I have seen all things under the sun; all of them are meaningless.' (Eccl. 1:14)
But Laurie comes off more haunted by faith than anti-faith. She’s mourning the collapse of what was supposed to give her meaning. But that's where things get tricky. /3
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s very Ecclesiastes:
'I have seen all things under the sun; all of them are meaningless.' (Eccl. 1:14)
But Laurie comes off more haunted by faith than anti-faith. She’s mourning the collapse of what was supposed to give her meaning. But that's where things get tricky. /3
'I have seen all things under the sun; all of them are meaningless.' (Eccl. 1:14)
But Laurie comes off more haunted by faith than anti-faith. She’s mourning the collapse of what was supposed to give her meaning. But that's where things get tricky. /3
a Syriac idiom I came across yesterday:
ܣܠܩ ܠܪܝܫ
"go up to a head" ≈ "succeed, be accomplished"
as in Barheb., Chr. Eccl 3.175
ܦܪܣܝܗ̇ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܨܢܥܬܗܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܣܠܩܬ ܠܪܝܫ
/parsy-åh ʔalåhå l-ṣenʕaṯ-hon w-lå selqaṯ l-rēš/
"God exposed their plot, and it didn't succeed"
ܣܠܩ ܠܪܝܫ
"go up to a head" ≈ "succeed, be accomplished"
as in Barheb., Chr. Eccl 3.175
ܦܪܣܝܗ̇ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܨܢܥܬܗܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܣܠܩܬ ܠܪܝܫ
/parsy-åh ʔalåhå l-ṣenʕaṯ-hon w-lå selqaṯ l-rēš/
"God exposed their plot, and it didn't succeed"
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
a Syriac idiom I came across yesterday:
ܣܠܩ ܠܪܝܫ
"go up to a head" ≈ "succeed, be accomplished"
as in Barheb., Chr. Eccl 3.175
ܦܪܣܝܗ̇ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܨܢܥܬܗܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܣܠܩܬ ܠܪܝܫ
/parsy-åh ʔalåhå l-ṣenʕaṯ-hon w-lå selqaṯ l-rēš/
"God exposed their plot, and it didn't succeed"
ܣܠܩ ܠܪܝܫ
"go up to a head" ≈ "succeed, be accomplished"
as in Barheb., Chr. Eccl 3.175
ܦܪܣܝܗ̇ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܨܢܥܬܗܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܣܠܩܬ ܠܪܝܫ
/parsy-åh ʔalåhå l-ṣenʕaṯ-hon w-lå selqaṯ l-rēš/
"God exposed their plot, and it didn't succeed"
Persian wotd
شادی
/šādi/
"happiness, gladness"
as in Jud-Pers Eccl (ed. Paper) 9:7
בי רוו בי כֿוור בשאדי נאן תו
ובי תנגׄ בדלי כֿווש מיי תו
≈
برو بخور بشادی نان تو
و بتنج بدلی خوش می تو
"Go, eat your bread gladly, and drink your wine with a happy heart"
(Heb לֵ֣ךְ אֱכֹ֤ל בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ לַחְמֶ֔ךָ וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה בְלֶב־ט֖וֹב יֵינֶ֑ךָ)
شادی
/šādi/
"happiness, gladness"
as in Jud-Pers Eccl (ed. Paper) 9:7
בי רוו בי כֿוור בשאדי נאן תו
ובי תנגׄ בדלי כֿווש מיי תו
≈
برو بخور بشادی نان تو
و بتنج بدلی خوش می تو
"Go, eat your bread gladly, and drink your wine with a happy heart"
(Heb לֵ֣ךְ אֱכֹ֤ל בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ לַחְמֶ֔ךָ וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה בְלֶב־ט֖וֹב יֵינֶ֑ךָ)
April 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Persian wotd
شادی
/šādi/
"happiness, gladness"
as in Jud-Pers Eccl (ed. Paper) 9:7
בי רוו בי כֿוור בשאדי נאן תו
ובי תנגׄ בדלי כֿווש מיי תו
≈
برو بخور بشادی نان تو
و بتنج بدلی خوش می تو
"Go, eat your bread gladly, and drink your wine with a happy heart"
(Heb לֵ֣ךְ אֱכֹ֤ל בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ לַחְמֶ֔ךָ וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה בְלֶב־ט֖וֹב יֵינֶ֑ךָ)
شادی
/šādi/
"happiness, gladness"
as in Jud-Pers Eccl (ed. Paper) 9:7
בי רוו בי כֿוור בשאדי נאן תו
ובי תנגׄ בדלי כֿווש מיי תו
≈
برو بخور بشادی نان تو
و بتنج بدلی خوش می تو
"Go, eat your bread gladly, and drink your wine with a happy heart"
(Heb לֵ֣ךְ אֱכֹ֤ל בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ לַחְמֶ֔ךָ וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה בְלֶב־ט֖וֹב יֵינֶ֑ךָ)
Nebenbei wohl kein Schnäppchen.
"Kenner schätzen den Wert der gesamten Ecclestone-Sammlung auf etwa 360 Millionen Euro.“
occ.eu/artikel/eccl...
"Kenner schätzen den Wert der gesamten Ecclestone-Sammlung auf etwa 360 Millionen Euro.“
occ.eu/artikel/eccl...
March 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Nebenbei wohl kein Schnäppchen.
"Kenner schätzen den Wert der gesamten Ecclestone-Sammlung auf etwa 360 Millionen Euro.“
occ.eu/artikel/eccl...
"Kenner schätzen den Wert der gesamten Ecclestone-Sammlung auf etwa 360 Millionen Euro.“
occ.eu/artikel/eccl...