R. Mcknight
@rompolyglot
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Terracotta warrior. Matriarch🌱Old lady teaching foreign languages in Texas. #langtwt📚Books!📚 8th gen Texan/Fredonia rebellion apologist.
The Republic of Texas
Joined May 2014
Yesterday in Sugarland we saw @chefgerron and other champs from #Masterchef. I love this cooking show it's my favorite.🍽
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took my baby to Mont Saint-Michel dressed as a pumpkin. you can just do things.
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Thinking about...long dirt roads and secluded mountain lakes.🤔🏞 Arapaho National Forest in the summertime.
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My daughter (under 2) has started waving, saying hi and bye to the Moon and Sun. Animistic worldview comes naturally to people because it’s true… a few prayers to the Moon recorded in the Outer Hebrides.
A MacNeil of Barra reported that before the Clearances and deportations to Canada and elsewhere, it was traditional in her Catholic community for men to remove their hat and salute the rising Sun and women to bow to the new Moon. A song from her childhood.
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Regular shout-out to David Chamberlain, on whose website you can not only find fully scanned and voiced versions of the Iliad and Odyssey, but also scanned versions of works by Aeschylus, Apollonius, Hesiod, Pindar, Semonides, Theognis and many others. https://t.co/CL2xLiac3q
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Soul cakes are traditional small, spiced biscuits given to the poor and children during Allhallowtide (Halloween, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day) in medieval England, in exchange for prayers for the souls of the givers, especially the deceased in Purgatory. These spiced,
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Your house might be tidy, but my kids know how to sew. Just sayin.
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God reveals himself to those who are simple and humble of heart because they are open to receiving him. Their docility gives them great insight into the faith and enables them to follow the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. We too are invited to become childlike and to live our
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A thread of my 5yo daughter’s most beloved chapter books thus far 🧵
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Sunday at the Houston Symphony for Psalm 47 and Stravinsky's Firebird.
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The Texas Quote of the Day is a description of life for early German Hill Country women pioneers and is a dandy: "Lying at the foot of the hill country, this settlement was to become the center of our new life. The women had to work as hard as the men, clearing land, planting
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HAPPY ST. HILDEGARD DAY EVERYONE
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Hey Lone star state! Check this event out. Bring the kids and learn about your heritage.⭐️ Texas Archeology Fair | Texas Historical Commission
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