<![CDATA[Keeping a Book of Centuries

<![CDATA[Keeping a Book of Centuries - in my notebook...]]>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:21:52 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[In my Music Notebook...]]>Thu, 28 May 2026 21:39:05 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-music-notebook6416708

Kyrie: Greek for "O Lord".
Eleison: Greek for "have mercy"

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]]><![CDATA[In my Prayer Journal...]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:02:53 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-prayer-journal9770478

Henry Ossawa Tanner, "The Pilgrims at Emmaus," 1905

"And there were signs of hope renewed by nightfall that first Easter day,
the two encountered such delight they importuned Delight to stay."

Michael Hudson, Songs for the Cycle, Music by Alfred Morton Smith

]]><![CDATA[In my Commonplace...]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:40:15 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-commonplace9354639

By Albrecht Dürer, "Young Hare"

"I realized that my own home range had changed because of the leveret. Before, I had no settled pattern of my own. If anything, given the amount I travelled, I spent most of my time in the home ranges of others. Now I circled the barn and the hare, and I had my own preferred paths. Hares are creatures of habit and I had become one too. Through the leveret, I had rediscovered the pleasure of attachment to a place and the contentment that can be derived from exploring it fully, rather than constantly seeking ways to leave it and believing that satisfaction can only like in novel experiences."

~ Chloe Dalton, Raising Hare: A Memoir

]]><![CDATA[In my Music Notebook...]]>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:33:59 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-music-notebook6337481

Soll mein Kind from Brockes Passion G.F. Handel (1685-1759)

Mary:
Soll mein Kind, Mein Leben sterben, (Must my child, my life, die?)
Und vergeist mein Blut sein Blut? (Must my son shed his blood?)

Jesus:
Ja, ich sterbe dire zu gut, (Yes, I die for your good.)
Dir den Himmel zu erweben. (To gain heaven for you.)

]]><![CDATA[In my Picture File...]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:44:01 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-picture-file5120401

"Blossom", Paul Greenwood

Coming soon to a theatre near us!

]]><![CDATA[In my Nature Notebook...]]>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:15:37 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-nature-notebook1364542

Edwardian Silver Travel Paintbox (for serious keepers)

]]><![CDATA[In my Music Notebook...]]>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:28:18 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-music-notebook9886868

because Mardi Gras is coming

]]><![CDATA[In my Gratitude Journal...]]>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:36:06 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-gratitude-journal9113815

Drawings of whales in the log of the ship Indian Chief kept by Thomas R. Bloomfield (1842–1844) (source unknown)

"I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent…"Ash Wednesday Liturgy, Book of Common Prayer

Isn't this notebook beautiful? Today I am grateful for the practice of Lent and One Hundred Days of Keeping and people who look long and feel passionate enough to keep a record. Ash Wednesday is just around the corner (February 18, 2026) Who's up for a new (or newly loved) notebook?? This year I am going to be combining my love of Alphabet books with a gratitude practice a friend told me about at Thanksgiving...each morning gathering thankfulnesses from A-Z on one page from the day before. Let us know in the comments what kind of notebook you'd like to keep this year. And even if it feels daunting, and the notebook doesn't materialize, know the desire is the important part. On the fence? See One Hundred Reasons.

]]><![CDATA[In my Commonplace...]]>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:12:08 GMThttps://www.bookofcenturies.com/in-my-notebook/in-my-commonplace4877786

"But if being a follower of Christ invites us to be Christ’s hands and feet, are we not also Christ’s eyes?"

~ Diana Butler Bass
(on Epiphany)

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