Links!

First, a bit more on saris. Check out this YouTube video made by an Indian-American, encouraging non-Indians to wear saris. Especially interesting were the comments; all the ones I read that were posted by Indians said that they were pleased when they saw non-Indians wearing saris, because they took it as a compliment to their culture. Cool!

I have some Texan relatives. They tend to tell stories about blowing things up. This story I found involves chainsaws AND dynamite. Enjoy, folks.

Amy at Splendor in the Ordinary is quickly becoming one of my favorite bloggers. Check out some of the amazing stuff she's posted just in the last week or so: a post on celebrating Trinity Sunday as a family (this Sunday, folks!), then there's this one on a spur-of-the-moment nature study of pill bugs, and then this tour de force, wherein she explains the theme of her blog, and speaks beautifully of the church year, family life and the rhythm of the seasons.

Here is a post about the liturgical color of Ordinary Time: green. Fr. Blake notes:
It is therefore a sign the Kingdom of God, all those references to growing shoots, trees, vines in the Gospels, to its quiet unnoticed growth, it is also the sign of fucundity and and of life.
I also appreciate his short addendum on why bishops wear amethests. Is it irreverant to enjoy it as a hundreds-of-years-old running joke? Christians have great senses of humor, I'm telling ya.

And this is not nearly all of the reason why we are leaving the Episcopal Church, but it is part of it.