{"id":900,"date":"2007-06-30T03:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-30T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2007-06-30T03:12:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T03:12:00","slug":"gallimaufry-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=900","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry"},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ Is a Celtic bowl the Nazi holy grail<\/a>? Probably not, but it might inspire a Dan Brown<\/a>-wannabe.<\/p>\n

¶ On Sunday we leave on a trip to the Mendocino coast. We are taking Amtrak<\/a> most of the way. Some of our friends seem to think that we are eccentric for preferring cross-country trains. After all, air travel is so much smoother<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ You knew that chimps and elephants painted. But did you know that trees can draw<\/a>? (Via Mirabilis<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

¶ Australian writer Glenys Livingstone has put her book on ecospirituality, PaGaian Cosmology<\/em>, online at the PaGaian website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

¶ Jason Pitzl-Waters is blogging as he works on a book about Pagan music<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

¶ Is a Celtic bowl the Nazi holy grail? Probably not, but it might inspire a Dan Brown-wannabe. ¶ On Sunday we leave on a trip to the Mendocino coast. We are taking Amtrak most of the way. Some of our friends seem to think that we are eccentric for preferring cross-country trains. 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