Good Morning Digital Neighbors & Friends! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was blessed with exceptional ordinariness with a dash of surprise with the visit of @Jimbolaya and meeting a Local's neighbor outside of the parish family. I am so thankful for the blend of parishioners and Local's subscribers to the community. The Coffee Chats & Speakeasies have been a real joy as well, it adds another layer of connection when you hear a person's voice or even see them thanks to the wonders of technology. Happy Monday Friends - Off to the quotes and some winter photo out there somewhere!
A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers. - Nicolas Chamfort.
A fascinating Frenchmen and a good warning - growth in knowledge without growth in humility usually just puts one on the path of conceit. Too many degreed and jargonized individuals think they have plenty of good ideas, so good that many can't recognize their genius without punitive imposition. The bending of wills never accomplishes the changing of attitudes or transformation of lives. Nicolas also said: No day is wasted on which you laugh. It has been attributed in various forms to others as well.
Many are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. - William E. Gladstone
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. - Lord Chesterfield
It is flabbergasting when some twit going berserkowitz about their cause fails to grasp that others can be just as passionate without being amped up on rage or righteousness. Anger is very similar to cussing, those who use it infrequently can wield it with greatest effect, those who overuse it diminish its impact. I like passion - we all need it to maintain the worthwhile fights in life, discerning the worthwhile ones is the challenge.
Winter landscape view at the Allt Dearg Cottage, Isle of Skye
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM (CST)
Occurs every day starting 1/1 until 12/31/2027
Coffee Talk - Daily beginning at 6:00 AM Central Time Zone - USA
White Pilled Wednesday - A break from the heaviness of news and current events to focus upon things more personal & positive for the first hour of Coffee Talk.
Afternoon Chats - Most Tuesday, Friday & Sundays 2:00 PM Central
Other chats as posted in the community.
