Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Spenser 

The Angel of Philadelphia 


Deuteronomy 31:6
“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”

 
“Her angel’s face, as the great eye of heaven shined bright.”  ~~~Spenser: The Faerie Queene, Book I 

 

 

 “Sweet is the rose, but grows upon a briar.” ~~~Spenser: The Faerie Queene 

Grier 

St. George
 

 

“A gentle knight was pricking on the plain.”~~~Spenser: The Faerie Queene, Book I

 

 

 

 

Chess: "Pennsylvania" "Spenser" "The Angel of Philadelphia"

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Carpentry 
Desk 

Churn 

Cider 

Matthew 4:4
“But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

 

 

 

Churn

 

 

 

 

Cider

 

 

 

 

 

Chess: "Pennsylvania" "Carpentry" "Desk" "Churn" "Cider"

 

 

🪵 If you say “carpentry,” here are the associations that come to my mind

𝟏. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Carpentry is the art where matter becomes form through touch.
It’s the craft where: the hand thinks, the wood responds, the grain reveals time, mistakes become part of the design

It’s an embodied craft — no distance, no abstraction.

𝟐. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

Carpentry immediately evokes: Joseph, Nazareth, the silent years, apprenticeship without witnesses, obedience without applause.

It’s the trade in which Christ learned weight, measure, patience, resistance.
Carpentry is the pre-ministerial formation of the Messiah.

𝟑. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

It’s a discipline that demands: exactness, listening, repetition, correction, vision of the final form before it exists

The carpenter sees the table inside the tree,
just as the sculptor sees the figure inside the stone. 

 

 The Second Coming
By William Butler Yeats 

 
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

 

Pennsylvania

Sequoia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh

Demosthenes

Matthew 24:35
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demosthenes practicing oratory on the seashore

Dendera

 
Chess: "Pennsylvania" "Pittsburgh" "Sequoia"

 

YGGRASIL: DENDROS: DENDERA: DENDRY: DRYDEN: ST. PAUL 

1 John 4:3
“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”

Hebrews 11:26
“Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.”

"Defer, defer,
To the Lord High Executioner"~~~W. S. Gilbert

Matthew 24:35
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”

The phrase "the Israelites went on dry foot" refers to the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea, which is described in the book of Exodus in the Bible. Specifically, you can find this event mentioned in Exodus 14:21-22. Here’s a brief summary of the passage:

In Exodus 14:21-22, Moses stretches out his hand over the sea, and God causes the sea to part with a strong east wind, turning the sea into dry land. The waters are divided, and the Israelites go through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall on their right and left.
This miraculous event allowed the Israelites to escape from the pursuing Egyptian army.
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Certainly! Let's delve into the meaning of Job 28:4, a verse from the Book of Job in the Old Testament. This passage is part of a larger discourse where Job reflects on the hidden wisdom and understanding of God, using metaphors related to mining and natural phenomena to illustrate his points.

Job 28:4 Explained:
Verse: "The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men."

Breakdown:
"The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant": This line suggests a sudden eruption or breaking forth of water from its source, possibly referring to underground springs or rivers that burst forth unexpectedly.
"Even the waters forgotten of the foot": This likely refers to waters that are hidden or forgotten by humans—those that do not flow on the surface where they are easily seen and accessed.
"They are dried up, they are gone away from men": This indicates that these hidden waters eventually dry up and disappear, becoming inaccessible to humans.
Interpretation:
In this passage, Job uses the imagery of hidden and inaccessible waters to symbolize the elusive and hidden nature of true wisdom. Just as people mine the earth for precious resources like silver and gold, they also seek wisdom and understanding, which are often hidden deep within the complexities of life and the natural world.

Context in the Book of Job:
Chapter 28 of Job is a poetic interlude where Job speaks of the difficulty and preciousness of finding wisdom. He contrasts human efforts to mine the earth's depths for valuable minerals with the quest for wisdom, which ultimately comes from God alone. This passage underscores the idea that true wisdom and understanding are beyond human reach and control—they are gifts from God that must be sought with humility and reverence.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Writer
Crab-Cancer
Craft 
Crack
Cracow 
Cracklings
Cranberry
Excellence
Gettysburg
Crackerjack

2Tim.3:16

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"

“no spark had yet kindled in him an intellectual passion”~~~George Eliot

 

The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States; it came into being in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Part of Pennsylvania (along the Delaware River), together with the present State of Delaware, had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden. It was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, on December 12, 1787. Independence Hall, where the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted, is located in the state's largest city of Philadelphia. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the south central region of the state. Valley Forge near Philadelphia was General Washington's headquarters during the bitter winter of 1777–78. 

Gettysburg

Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon)

"The moon made the night extraordinarily penetrable."~~~Henry James





San Francisco



"but perdition be my lot if I do more"~~~Charles Brockden Brown





Alaskan king crab

Seafood platter

Feast on huge seafood platters

Cracklings















 
Pork Rinds/Cracklins/Chicharones









Pork Rinds/Cracklins/Chicharones



"A marvellous stillness pervaded the world."~~~Conrad






Cracow 

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