Martha is back, and she recounts what she has been doing since her last episode, including experiencing a car crash, preparing mercy meals, and celebrating a wedding.

Today Martha shares her reflections on seasonal citrus, St Nicholas and the classic dish Salmon Coulibiac.

The Nativity fast begins soon and the "season" gets started. Martha has some helpful insight for all of us as we prepare our hearts and our homes for the coming of Christ.

Martha discusses the importance of fasting within the context of a community.

Join Martha for a look at traditional ways to break our Lenten fast and some good suggestions for your Pascha basket!

College campuses offer students a lot of choices -- but do they have to do it with a corporate logo? Today Martha shares a recipe for guacamole, the story of a patron saint for cooks and more of her views on college dining.

Martha takes a second look at college cafeterias.

open-source music visualizer that synchronizes MIDI to bouncing balls in a modified game of Pong #

the course of medication that cures Hepatitis C costs $84,000 at $1,000/pill, but can be produced for only $700 or $0.83/pill #

most "blue zones," concentrated areas of supercentenarians, can be attributed to pension fraud or bad record-keeping #

Linus Åkesson just casually being amazing again #

there's a nice companion piece for Dave Winer's milestone in The Guardian #

like curling meets shuffleboard on a tabletop board #

The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel's clearheaded "endorsement of democracy, solving problems, and Kamala Harris" #

research and short essays about cultural loss and the critical importance of preservation and access #

in some cases, Meta is automatically creating the pages #

the BBS goes read-only on Friday, replaced by Substack comments, and the community is not happy #

getting it to run DOOM is only a matter of time #

grateful to Mia Sato for staying on this beat, which affects so many smaller sites I care about #

he has an extraordinary memory, reliving the stories behind a beautifully simple song #

a dozen surprise new games released to everyone at the same time on a regular schedule #

I didn't even realize iOS automations could do this #

So, what’s the deal with clerical dress and monastic habits? Do they really matter?

Fr. Lawrence talks about the societal lies that Pascha reveals.

Fr. Lawrence asks if we should be trying to convert those of other faiths or not faith to Christianity.

The decrees and canons of the Provincial and Ecumenical Councils today often sound odd in our modern ears.

Fr. Lawrence Farley is convinced that his culture knows absolutely nothing about the true meaning of Christmas.

Fr. Lawrence Farley talks about his new book A Song in the Furnace, the message of the book of Daniel.

Fr. Lawrence laments the pervasive lessons taught today on gender and hearkens to the Song of Solomon.