79\u00a0 bar steady 29.90 1mph NW dew-point 53\u00a0 Summer, warm and sunny<\/p>\n
First Quarter of the Thunder Moon<\/p>\n
Research this morning on UU history in the Twin Cities.\u00a0 The liberal religious tradition, as represented by the Unitarians and the Universalists, came here, at least it appears at this point in my reading, with Yankee businesspeople.\u00a0 Lumber and land were the initial draw.\u00a0 The Unitarians were an educated group who believed in education.\u00a0 The Universalists were lumber folk initially.<\/p>\n
Both groups had the stamp of privilege, what one author calls Old Stock American, early residents of the colonies whose culture bore, for the most part, the stamp of Great Britain.\u00a0 One article on the Bisbee\/Tuttle controversy referred to Minneapolis as a Universalist town.<\/p>\n
I enjoy this kind of research, just as I enjoy the art history research.\u00a0 As I have collected data over the years, each new accrual both gains from and adds to the context, the rich web of history, philosophy, literature, paintings, sculpture, theatre and political analysis that remains from years of study.\u00a0 This gathering of threads together is one of the chief benefits of aging.<\/p>\n
The garden has finally gotten its heat and the vegetables have jumped up in response.\u00a0 The squash have spread, the beans have climbed, beets have pushed above the surface and the corn has begun to reach for the sky.\u00a0 The firecracker lilies and other Asian lilies have also opened and the first hemerocallis, too.\u00a0 Soon the liguria and the clematis.\u00a0 This is the true independence day celebration, the kind of fireworks I like best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
79\u00a0 bar steady 29.90 1mph NW dew-point 53\u00a0 Summer, warm and sunny First Quarter of the Thunder Moon Research this morning on UU history in the Twin Cities.\u00a0 The liberal religious tradition, as represented by the Unitarians and the Universalists, came here, at least it appears at this point in my reading, with Yankee businesspeople.\u00a0 … Continue reading The Fireworks I Like Best<\/span>