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Friday, February 2, 2024
Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Boots
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Hat Shaping
Friday, January 12, 2024
Democratic leaders in uniform during wartime (Zylenskyy's M65)
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023
Monday, November 27, 2023
Tuesday, November 27, 1923. Oklahoma Senate Approves Ban On Mask, Oil Filters, Odd feats of strength.
No, not that kind of mask you might see in a headline today, but rather the costume of the Ku Klux Klan.
The modern oil filter was patented by George H. Greenhalgh. Prior to this, automobiles simply used a screen, which would partially account for the short engine life early automobiles had.
The Purolator oil filter is essentially what most vehicles use today, and is still in production.
I'll confess the point of such stunts as this really escapes me.
Monday, November 13, 2023
What the Young Want.* The Visual Testimony of the Trad Girls. The Authenticity Crisis, Part One.
Or maybe they're not.
At any one time, I have a bunch of posts in the works, some of which are on concurrent themes. This is one, basically, as it touches on a larger topic.
Something is going on.
A couple of years ago I started to see some women, by which I mean, let's say, women 40 years or older, resuming the wearing of chapel veils (mantillas). They were clearly on the traditional end of things.
Recently, however, I'm seeing young women do this.
I shouldn't, probably, have used the term "girls" in the caption, but for whatever reason, culturally, we tend to use the term "girls" for young women well into their 20s. Maybe somewhat beyond. It seems to encompass women in their late teens on up to that point.
And that's what I'm referring to here.
I noticed it first the year before last, and at an early morning Mass on a Holy Day (All Saints Day, I think). Two young women, probably very late teens or very early twenties, sat right in front of me. One was dressed conservatively but contemporarily. She was wearing a leather skirt. . . and a chapel veil (mantilla).
Now, there was a young woman from a very trad family in the parish who dressed almost as if in a Medieval costume for young women every Mass. That's not what I'm talking about here. This young woman was wearing a nice wool sweater, and a leather skirt, and a chapel veil.
It caught me off guard.
I'm seeing stuff like that all the time now. Young women, often early twenties, dressed conservatively, but not in costume, who have adopted the mantilla. Indeed, just yesterday, at the early morning Mass Sunday, the Church did the Ritual for the Elect for those who were coming into the Church. They all have a sponsor. One young woman coming in had, as her sponsor, another young women.
Frankly, the sponsor was stunning. And she was wearing a chapel veil. Last Sunday across town there was another young woman dressed in that fashion who was eye catching as well, and the week before that there was another so dressed who was a head turner.**
I note that, as it was easy, when the only women who did this were let's say older, and otherwise dressed in a fashion that was old-fashioned, perhaps, or dour. These young women aren't. They're hard not to notice.
Indeed, yesterday, the young woman mentioned went from the front of the Church to the back with a very proud carriage, which is not to suggest sinful pride. Rather, she carried herself the way that people who are very self-assured, for very good reasons, do.
Something is going on.
And It's not just here. A friend of mine in Oklahoma noticed the same thing at his local parish. And it's crossed into other regions, or perhaps hit there first. For example, notable Korean figure skater Yuna Kim is Catholic, and people like to snap photos of her at Mass wearing a chapel veil.
And it's interesting that this is going on at the same time that some members of the leadership of the Church, which tends to be up in years, seems to be trying to insert the liberal.
I've often noticed that people who come up in particularly devise or stressed eras, and maybe more of us do than not, tend to form our view of the world in those times. A lot of people in their upper 60s, 70s, and 80s assume that "what the young want" is what they wanted when they were young.
The evidence for this is to the contrary.
There's a lot more to this. It's interesting.
Footnotes
*It's important to note that categorizing what an entire generation, or generations, want is hazardous. For example, at least superficially, here I'm noting a return to Catholic tradition among the same generation that is exhibiting such things as a belief that you can change your gender.
Well, a couple of things.
At any one time you can have an overall trend in a generation while individual members of it hold an opposite view. There were, for example, more volunteers who served in Vietnam than there were conscripts, contrary to popular imagination, meaning that quite a few young men sought to serve in the war at the same time history informs us their generation had turned against it. By the same token, you can find a few examples of Americans who were adamantly opposed to the country entering World War One or Two, and continued to hold that view after the country declared war. Beatniks were a feature of the supposedly superconservative 1950s.
Secondly, people are more complex than categorists and political parties may suppose, and as a result they can often hold contrary views, or views that seem to be contrary, or views contrary to the ones they themselves exhibit. Indeed, I've heard some of the stoutest denouncements of tobacco from smokers. They smoked, but wished they didn't.
You get the point.
**For some reason, you're not supposed to say this. Well, noticing that a woman is attractive is not the same thing as engaging in Hefnereque behavior, and the fact that creeps have co-opted this entire aspect of communication is just evidence of how weird and pornified our culture is.
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Churches of the West: St. Luke Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cody Wyoming. So what's going on here?
These are posted on our companion blogs.
St. Luke Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cody Wyoming.
Very interesting news. A Ukrainian Catholic congregation has been established in Cody, Wyoming.
Under The Radar Of LDS Temple Flap, Another Church Is Planned For Cody
The Eparchy for this parish relates:
St. Luke Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2022 with a goal to establish a Ukrainian-Greek Catholic parish in Cody, Wyoming, under the Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago. With many Ukrainian Catholics in the area, and additional interest in the broader community, we are united in our desire to worship God following these sacred traditions.In early 2023, we were declared an official mission parish of St. Nicholas Eparchy with the name of St. Luke. In September of 2023, St. Nicholas Eparchy announced that Very Reverend Roman Bobesiuk has been assigned as the pastor of St. Luke’s.
We truly believe it is God’s will that a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church be established in Wyoming in order that all faithful Christians in the area may experience the beautiful traditions of the Eastern Catholic Church. St. Luke’s is open to all who wish to attend.
Suit over LDS Temple in Cody.
Churches of the West: Churches of the West: City of Cody issues building...: We posted this yesterday. Churches of the West: City of Cody issues building permit for LDS Temple. : Citing, amongst other things, a lack ...A new lawsuit has been filed maintaining, apparently, that the P&Z Board in Cody was biased towards the applicants.
Like the Cowboy State Daily relates, the establishment of a Ukrainian Orthodox Parish in Wyoming sort of happened "under the wire". But is it really correct, as the church's website states, that there are "many Ukrainian Catholics in the area"?
I sort of doubt it, but I could be wrong. This isn't North Dakota.
There's been a subtle move toward Protestant conversion toward Orthodoxy for some years now, accompanied by the same thing, less subtle, toward Catholicism. Now, however, Pope Francis' Synod on Synodality is raising fears that the "Roman Catholic" Church will take the road to oblivion that the Episcopal Church has. Those fears are probably overstated, but with all due respect to the Holy Father, he frankly isn't inspiring confidence except in the camp of those who would like to lay down their crosses.
That in turn has been causing a subtle drift of the orthodox in the Latin Rite toward the Eastern Rite, which is heavy on tradition, like the Orthodox. There's reason to believe that whatever the Synod on Synodality comes up with, and it won't, contrary to fears, change doctrine, will pass over the Eastern Rite.
This is something Pope Francis, quite frankly, should take note of.
Pope Francis, this past week, was condemning young Latin Rite Priests in Rome for buying cassocks and traditional clerical clothing. This demonstrates, in my view, that he continues to miss the point, but then his entire generation does. It isn't that the post Boomer generation is calling out for reform. It's rather calling out for a reform of the reform, back to authenticity, of which tradition is part. The cassocks, and the Eastern Rite drift, they're part of that. For that matter the U.S. Army going back to pinks and greens, and the young going towards localism in farms, that's part of it as well.
Also of interest here is this all happening in Cody.
Wyoming's Big Horn Basin has always had a strong Latter Day Saints population, although it's always been centered more in Powell and Lovell rather than Cody. It dates back to the early history of the state. There's also always been a fair number of Catholics in the region as well. But the recent fighting over things demonstrates a shift of demographics.
Wyoming has oddly always had a booster attitude that bringing in people was good for, well, something. What that is, isn't clear, as we have always hated the population of the state increasing, and we're extremely intolerant of any changes in the nature of the state. Well, here is the fruit of that. Cody has drawn in new populations from elsewhere, and also taken a turn toward the populist right.
In 1990 would the LDS temple have drawn opposition. No, it would not have. In 2023? Well it is. People who move in, bring the attitudes and beliefs of where they are from, even if those seem very foreign to us. And with that is the "don't spoil my view, I just got here" view that is common to new entrants.
I'm not saying that's the case for the plaintiffs in this suit. I know nothing about them. What I am saying is that the bigger a community gets, the less of a community it is.
And I'm also saying, going back to the first part of this thread, there's a sense of what we've lost that's felt particularly keenly in those who were denied the experience of being in it.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Hat Retirement
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, October 10, 1923. Giants win, State rests. Three piece suits.
It was the first World Series game played at Yankee Stadium.
Sunday, October 1, 2023
Friday, October 1, 1943. The Germans depart, and destroy, Naples.
The U.S. 5th Army entered Naples. The Germans burned the University of Naples and the Teatro di San Carlo on the way out.
Today in World War II History—October 1, 1943: In Italy, US Fifth Army and British X Corps enter Naples. US Third War Loan Drive ends, raising $19 billion (quota $15 billion).
W. Averll Harriman was named Ambassador to the USSR
Monday, September 25, 2023
A Nation of Slobs
The Democratic controlled Senate abolished its dress code in order to accommodate John Fetterman, who refuses to comply with it.
Fetterman has been afflicted with some sort of health crisis. Supposedly restricting his ability to dress like a slob would impair his recovery.
If that is true, the answer is not to change the standard. It's for Fetterman to change jobs.
Indeed, Fetterman likely ought to anyhow. He suffered a stroke during his campaign and went into depression, apparently, shortly after starting to serve. Since that time he's come to the Senate, supposedly recovering, but dressing like a complete slob in hoodies. The other day, he was wearing shorts and a work shirt. Any functioning adult would know that this was not dignified dress for what is supposed to be a dignified line of work.
Not that this decline is new. It's been going on all over society for decades now. The January 6 hearings helped emphasize it when witnesses showed up dressed liked slobs.
Clothes are, of course, symbols of sorts. And while those affecting the dress, as they so often do, of toddlers may feel that they're striking a blow for "comfort", they're actually indicating that nothing is serious and standards don't matter. This has become the case throughout our society in all sorts of ways.
The dress code should be restored. And not only in the Senate.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Hard soled sandels.
New fossil footprint evidence suggests that humans wore hard soled sandals over 80,000 years ago.
No surprise.
Friday, September 1, 2023
Blog Mirror: Western Hats – Pride of the Cow Country
If you aren't wearing a broad brimmed hat in the sun, you should be.
Western Hats – Pride of the Cow Country
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
UW Class Law School Class of 2026 . . . dressed up.
Incoming University of Wyoming College of Law class (Class of 2026).
Wow, look at all those suits and ties.
These students are a nice looking bunch. A colleague of mine, who works in another firm, has a kid in it.
I didn't meet my law school classmates until the first day of law school. This group was apparently brought in early, and told to dress up. The first time I wore a tie in law school was actually after it, at my bar exam interview, back when Wyoming had a real bar exam rather than the Universal Locally Un-iformed Bar Exam.
I'm impressed. This is what a law school entering class should look like, and I hope it bodes well for the future.