The Verge of Jordan

On Thursday, February 4th, the SS United States Conservancy stunned the preservationist community by announcing that the much-b...

JOHN MAXTONE-GRAHAM LECTURES ABOARD QM2 IN HIS TRADEMARK KILT (MY PHOTO, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) I was saddened to learn yesterday of the p...

I'm generally not someone who would encourage trespassing or other illegal behavior, but I could not resist watching the video footage a...

Phillips Brooks - Bishop & Preacher (1893) Those in our area could not miss the headline earlier this week of a five-alarm fire that d...

Saturday in Easter Week By now you are probably sick unto death of references to the R.M.S. Titanic as we approach the centennial of he...

Hilary of Poitiers - Bishop & Doctor Okay well it has been an embarrassing amount of time since I have posted anything here.  My frien...

Francis of Assisi - Friar (1226) I am supposed to be going through the giant jumble of CD's, shucking them from their jewel cases and...

Philander Chase - Bishop (1852) Our house is a mess. I don't mean it's dirty; people who know us don't have to wonder who is...

William Porcher DuBose - Priest & Theologian (1918) ST. LUCIA Today's port-of-call was St. Lucia.  A little more than a hundred m...

Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler Early Priests of the American Church   BARBADOS Dawn off Barbados This ...

MARY THE VIRGIN - MOTHER OF CHRIST Uncle Ziggy and Aunt Bertha aboard ship My love of ships dates back to 1974.  That summer, my grandf...