Category : Photos/Photography

An Awesome National Geographic Video that Reminds us of the Glory of Creation

Enjoy the whole thing.

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, Animals, Energy, Natural Resources, Globalization, Photos/Photography

Unforgettable Photos From The Pearl Harbor Attack, 74 Years Ago Today

It is worth the time to look at them all.

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, America/U.S.A., Asia, Defense, National Security, Military, History, Japan, Photos/Photography

In pictures–the US commemorates Veterans Day 2015

Look at them all (and note there is a slideshow option).

Posted in * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, Defense, National Security, Military, Photos/Photography

A NYT Article on the Sexting Scandal at a Colorado High School

At least 100 students at a high school in Cañon City traded naked pictures of themselves, the authorities said Friday, part of a large sexting ring.
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The revelation has left parents outraged, administrators searching for missed clues, and the police and the district attorney’s office debating whether to file child pornography charges ”” including felony charges ”” against some of the participants.

George Welsh, the superintendent of the Cañon City school system, said students at Cañon City High School had been circulating 300 to 400 nude photographs, including images of “certainly over 100 different kids,” on their cellphones. “This is a lot of kids involved,” he said, adding that the children in the pictures were believed to be students at the high school as well as eighth graders from the middle school.

Read it all.

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, --Social Networking, Anthropology, Blogging & the Internet, Children, Education, Ethics / Moral Theology, Law & Legal Issues, Marriage & Family, Pastoral Theology, Photos/Photography, Sexuality, Teens / Youth, Theology

Monday Mental Health Break–Aerial photographer shares view from the sky

Watch it all.

Posted in * General Interest, Photos/Photography

Midday mental Health Break–Awesome footage of Vermont Fall Foliage

This is Vermont Foliage // DJI Inspire 1 Dronie from Matt Benedetto on Vimeo.

Posted in * General Interest, Photos/Photography

A Video of deaf couple’s wedding in Limerick is a viral hit

A video of a “moving and beautiful” ceremony of a deaf couple who wed in Limerick city last weekend is touching the hearts of thousands of people online.

The wedding of Tara Long, 26, from Kileely in Limerick, and Timmy Doona, from Killorglin in Kerry, who are both deaf, left the congregation in tears of joy in St John’s Cathedral in Limerick on Saturday last.

A video of part of the ceremony ”“ where the bride surprised her husband-to-be with a special song performed in sign language ”“ has been posted online by Tara’s brother and has now counted more than 6,000 views to date on YouTube.

Read it all and follow the link to the video.

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, Anthropology, Blogging & the Internet, England / UK, Ethics / Moral Theology, Globalization, Ireland, Marriage & Family, Photos/Photography, Theology

The Awesome Aurora Borealis over Maine

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, Energy, Natural Resources, Photos/Photography, Science & Technology

Wednesday Morning Mental Health Break–A Kitten, a box, and a surprise

Watch the whole adorable thing.

Posted in * General Interest, Animals, Photos/Photography

Photographs from Tripp Jeffords' Institution at Saint Pauls, Summerville SC this past week

Check them all out courtesy of Joy Hunter.

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * Christian Life / Church Life, * General Interest, * South Carolina, Ministry of the Ordained, Parish Ministry, Photos/Photography

(History in Pictures) Construction of The Twin Towers, 1970

Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, America/U.S.A., Death / Burial / Funerals, Parish Ministry, Photos/Photography, Terrorism, Urban/City Life and Issues, Violence

A Video of the Second Plane Hitting, Taken from Brooklyn

It isn’t easy, but it is important–I make myself do this every year on this day. Watch it silently, and watch it all.

Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, America/U.S.A., Death / Burial / Funerals, History, Parish Ministry, Photos/Photography, Terrorism, Travel, Urban/City Life and Issues, Violence

We Remember Fourteen Years Ago Today

(Courtesy of our son Nathaniel Harmon, who now lives and works in NYC).

Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, America/U.S.A., Death / Burial / Funerals, History, Parish Ministry, Photos/Photography, Terrorism, Urban/City Life and Issues, Violence

Once in a Blue Moon

Once in a Blue Moon from Luke Taylor on Vimeo.
h/t Pat Dague

Posted in * General Interest, Photos/Photography

(W Post) Caitlin Dewey–On the viral rise of divorce selfies (and the death of traditional marriage

In late August, Shannon Neuman and her husband Chris went to the municipal court in Calgary, Alberta, to get a divorce. They had already filled out the forms and taken the requisite seminars. They navigated the 24-story Courts Centre and dropped their papers off.

Then, on their way out, Chris and Shannon ”” no longer the Neumans ”” paused in front of a courthouse sign. They snapped a selfie, both smiling.

“Here’s Chris Neuman and I yesterday after filing for divorce!” Shannon wrote in a Facebook post that was shared 11,000 times within its first hours online. (Wrote Chris, in the comments: “I couldn’t have hand-picked a better ex-wife if I tried.”)

Er ”¦ what is going on here?

Read it all.

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, --Social Networking, Anthropology, Blogging & the Internet, Ethics / Moral Theology, Marriage & Family, Men, Pastoral Theology, Photos/Photography, Psychology, Science & Technology, Theology, Women

(NYT) Inside a Cloistered Monastery: Joy and Love

The idea of a cloistered life strikes some as one of severity and silence, of running away from a broken heart or a broken life. But as Toni Greaves discovered when she visited a community of cloistered nuns in New Jersey, it was a joyful embrace of a life that is in many ways countercultural given the me-first society that lurks beyond the convent’s walls.

At the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, the subject of her book “Radical Love,” she found women who despite having other chances for work, love and life in the secular world had embraced a simpler existence of prayer, study and meditation. A good number of them were young and learned about the religious life online, choosing to join a community of some 20 nuns at the Summit, N.J., cloister.

“We think of monasteries as these quiet places, and they are quiet, but I was surprised by the happiness, joy and love I saw there,” Ms. Greaves said. “We tend to think of these young nuns as having given something up, but what I saw was the opposite. It’s like being around a bunch of young women who were in love.”

Read it all and please do not miss the pictures.

Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, Liturgy, Music, Worship, Photos/Photography, Religion & Culture, Spirituality/Prayer

Do not Take Yourself Too Seriously Dept–Will a Cat Door work for an Actual Cat?


“Yesterday, I spent an hour and half installing a new cat door so Philo the Cat could come and go as he pleases. This is his reaction.”

Posted in * General Interest, Animals, Humor / Trivia, Photos/Photography

(NBC) Wisconsin Man Plants 4-Mile Stretch of Sunflowers to Honor Late Wife

Watch it all–wonderful stuff.

Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * General Interest, Death / Burial / Funerals, Energy, Natural Resources, Marriage & Family, Parish Ministry, Photos/Photography

Friday Mental Health Break–Bears in Family Swimming Pool in New Jersey

Posted in * General Interest, Animals, Photos/Photography

Shakan Harmon RIP

We are heartbroken and undone here today about losing our black Labrador Retriever of nearly 14 years. In a spontaneous act of sheer frivolity I put a bid in on him at the silent auction at the Coastal Carolina Chaplaincy annual dinner in January of 2002 and he has been with us ever since. It remains amazing that he came home that night with no warning and has been a surprising joy for and integral part of the Harmon five ever since.

He has somehow seen it all–three places to live, the children going from 12, 10 and not quite 9 to where they are now, all three secondary school and College graduations, my changing jobs and parishes to where I am now, Elizabeth earning her Doctor of Nursing Practice at MUSC and then joining the faculty there, three of the four of our own parents passing, and all the current twists, turns and travails of the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Diocese of South Carolina.

So many things changed, but except for our faith and our family, he was one of the only true anchors, the ultimate big brother, wagging his tail, astonishingly loyal to each Harmon, glad to be alive and part of it all. The world is a sadder place because he is gone, but we are all the better from having been given God’s gift of Shakan, whose name means to dwell, and dwell with us he did–KSH.

Posted in * By Kendall, * General Interest, Animals, Harmon Family, Photos/Photography

Thursday Morning Mental Health Break–20+ Foot Female Great White Shark Filmed off of Mexico

Read it all.

Posted in * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, Animals, Mexico, Photos/Photography

Tuesday Morning Mental Health Break–The Dash of the Dachshunds

Their legs may be short but they still have plenty of speed! The Calgary Herald was at the Running of the Dachshunds at the Strathmore Stampede last week.

it all.

Posted in * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, Animals, Canada, Photos/Photography

Lowcountry Beauty–The light just skimming St. Michael's in Charleston SC

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * General Interest, * South Carolina, Photos/Photography

Video–Pluto's Heart and Charon's Chasm Visible in New Images

Pluto's Heart and Charon's Chasm Visible in New Images | Video from Jungle Joel Videos on Vimeo.

Just amazing!

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, History, Photos/Photography, Science & Technology

(BBC) 4 July celebrations in US – in pictures

Take a look at all 14.

Posted in * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, America/U.S.A., Photos/Photography

20 surreal photos of Northern Lights glowing over Metro Vancouver

These are just amazing–enjoy them all.

Posted in * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, Canada, Photos/Photography

The Charleston SC Shooting–28 pictures from Reuters

There are 28 in all–take them time to look through them.

Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, * South Carolina, America/U.S.A., Law & Legal Issues, Liturgy, Music, Worship, Parish Ministry, Photos/Photography, Police/Fire, Spirituality/Prayer, Urban/City Life and Issues, Violence

A Roseate Spoonbill to brighten your morning

(Photo: Selimah Harmon)

Posted in * General Interest, Animals, Photos/Photography

(Star-Tribune) Photo of Eagle on Fort Snelling gravestone touches hearts, goes viral

Talk to anyone in my business and they’ll all say the same thing: No matter how long you write stories and put them in the newspaper, you are never really sure which ones are going to strike a nerve.

What you think might be a Pulitzer-quality epic might draw only a nice call from Mom, while a simple tale tossed off on deadline causes an uproar, or an avalanche of praise. One legendary former investigative reporter at this paper wrote scores of stories that changed laws and saved lives, yet never did he get more mail than when he wrote about burying his cat.

And so it is with my June column on the amateur photographer, the widow and the eagle on a gravestone.

Read it all and do not miss the picture.

Posted in * Christian Life / Church Life, * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, America/U.S.A., Animals, Death / Burial / Funerals, Marriage & Family, Military / Armed Forces, Parish Ministry, Photos/Photography

Happy Memorial Day 2015 to all Blog Readers

Posted in * Anglican - Episcopal, * Culture-Watch, * General Interest, * International News & Commentary, * South Carolina, America/U.S.A., History, Military / Armed Forces, Photos/Photography