Ashley Silverburg
ashleysilverburg.bsky.social
Ashley Silverburg
@ashleysilverburg.bsky.social
Playing our Christmas playlist while we make cookies, so it’s time for @tedbunn.bsky.social ’s annual complaints about Bob Dylan’s pronunciation on Adeste Fideles (“I don’t care if he uses classical Latin or church Latin, but I don’t know what the hell he’s doing there.”)
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Ashley Silverburg
"And here's something I know you'll enjoy hearing," he assured the Humbug.

The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him.

-- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Episcopalians taking a stand!
—You don't have to be Catholic (I'm not) to be buoyed by last week's news at the Vatican.

—You don't have to be Episcopalian (how I was raised) to be buoyed by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde in National Cathedral on Jan 21. And by US Episcopal leadership this week:

religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government
(RNS) — 'In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the p...
religionnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Reposted by Ashley Silverburg
For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.

#MosaicMonday
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM