Graham
@parishrecluse.bsky.social
Perquackey enthusiast. Formerly of tidewater Maryland. Anglican (TEC). Avoider of coffee hour. Interested in history, music, religion, politics, & where they intersect. ⚓️🏳️🌈
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Graham
@parishrecluse.bsky.social
· Nov 17
For the weekday crowd: An account of the life of a loyalist parson in Virginia in the 1770s
open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
Not Catherine O’Hara!
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Not Catherine O’Hara!
For the October 1903 number of "The Easton Churchman," Father Denroche's "Mr. Oldchurch" discusses crosses, crucifixes, and communion bread. Link in comments. ⚓
January 30, 2026 at 12:48 AM
For the October 1903 number of "The Easton Churchman," Father Denroche's "Mr. Oldchurch" discusses crosses, crucifixes, and communion bread. Link in comments. ⚓
Roughly a foot of snow in central Ohio.
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Roughly a foot of snow in central Ohio.
The Church of the Holy Spirit, Gambier, decorated for… a wedding? Victorians really knew how to overdo the greenery.
January 24, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The Church of the Holy Spirit, Gambier, decorated for… a wedding? Victorians really knew how to overdo the greenery.
I wish I could really settle on a novel. I WANT to read fiction, but, lately, everything I try I end up putting down once I’m 20 pages in. They just aren’t holding my attention.
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I wish I could really settle on a novel. I WANT to read fiction, but, lately, everything I try I end up putting down once I’m 20 pages in. They just aren’t holding my attention.
In the latest installment of Father Denroche's essays on the Church and Her ways, he examines the membership size of the Episcopal Church, and raises some objections to its official name. ⚓
open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
Fr. Denroche's "Mr. Oldchurch" on Church Membership
Father Denroche’s next surviving essay addresses the size of the Episcopal Church.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In the latest installment of Father Denroche's essays on the Church and Her ways, he examines the membership size of the Episcopal Church, and raises some objections to its official name. ⚓
open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
Grace and St. Peter’s in Baltimore in the 1920s. Note the streetcar tracks on Park Ave.
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Grace and St. Peter’s in Baltimore in the 1920s. Note the streetcar tracks on Park Ave.
I’ve had a chemex since March 2017, and I make coffee in it almost every morning, so I’m more than a little proud of myself for having managed not to break it yet.
January 19, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I’ve had a chemex since March 2017, and I make coffee in it almost every morning, so I’m more than a little proud of myself for having managed not to break it yet.
The Feast of Reason, a café formerly in Chestertown, Maryland. Everything cooked there. My go-to order was a rare roast beef sandwich on French bread, with homemade roasted garlic mayo. Pickled carrots. They had delicious soups & curried chicken salad, too. Fuslbous (their own creation) for dessert.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The Feast of Reason, a café formerly in Chestertown, Maryland. Everything cooked there. My go-to order was a rare roast beef sandwich on French bread, with homemade roasted garlic mayo. Pickled carrots. They had delicious soups & curried chicken salad, too. Fuslbous (their own creation) for dessert.
A brief reference in The Easton Churchman’s November 1903 number, which references St. John’s, the first church in which Fr. Denroche served in the Diocese of Easton in the early 1890s. By 1903, it was already falling to ruin. ⚓️
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
A brief reference in The Easton Churchman’s November 1903 number, which references St. John’s, the first church in which Fr. Denroche served in the Diocese of Easton in the early 1890s. By 1903, it was already falling to ruin. ⚓️
Father Denroche's Fifth "Mr Oldchurch" Lecture: On the Decoration of Churches ⚓ open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
Father Denroche's "Mr Oldchurch" on the Decoration of Churches
For the July 1903 issue of The Easton Churchman, Fr.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Father Denroche's Fifth "Mr Oldchurch" Lecture: On the Decoration of Churches ⚓ open.substack.com/pub/tidewate...
Reposted by Graham
A chancel floor cross at Sandringham, Norfolk where the coffin of the Duke of Clarence lay in state #OTD 15 January 1892. He'd died the day before aged 28. The same marker was used for Queen Alexandra in 1925, other markers represent George V and VI.
More: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sandringham/...
More: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sandringham/...
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
A chancel floor cross at Sandringham, Norfolk where the coffin of the Duke of Clarence lay in state #OTD 15 January 1892. He'd died the day before aged 28. The same marker was used for Queen Alexandra in 1925, other markers represent George V and VI.
More: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sandringham/...
More: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sandringham/...
As I was telling a friend earlier:
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
As I was telling a friend earlier:
Unknown Artist ~ Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1899)
YouTube video by Thamalka Nilakshana
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January 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Still thinking about how nice it was to visit a Baltimore parish a couple of times over Christmas. 150 years ago, some of my ancestors lived within a short walk of Grace & St. Peter’s. (Though I think that those who were Anglicans at the time belonged to Emmanuel.)
January 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Still thinking about how nice it was to visit a Baltimore parish a couple of times over Christmas. 150 years ago, some of my ancestors lived within a short walk of Grace & St. Peter’s. (Though I think that those who were Anglicans at the time belonged to Emmanuel.)
The latest installment in Father Denroche's long series of "Mr. Oldchurch" lectures. In this one, he addresses vestments. ⚓
Father Denroche's Fourth "Mr. Oldchurch" Lecture
On Vestments
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The latest installment in Father Denroche's long series of "Mr. Oldchurch" lectures. In this one, he addresses vestments. ⚓
Sometimes I really feel like I just can’t bear this anymore. The state-sanctioned murders. The diplomatic rupture with our allies. The thinly-veiled piracy. (Even while I acknowledge that Maduro is awful.) The blatant perversion of Christianity for ill purposes. It’s all so depressing.
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Sometimes I really feel like I just can’t bear this anymore. The state-sanctioned murders. The diplomatic rupture with our allies. The thinly-veiled piracy. (Even while I acknowledge that Maduro is awful.) The blatant perversion of Christianity for ill purposes. It’s all so depressing.
A friendly reminder that it is still Christmas
January 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A friendly reminder that it is still Christmas
I’ve been doing a bit of research on Rev’d R. W. Goldsborough, who was responsible for the construction of St. Paul’s, Hillsboro (MD) in the 1850s. Only sporadically used by a regular Episcopal congregation between the 1950s and 1990s, it now houses St. Thekla’s Orthodox Church.
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’ve been doing a bit of research on Rev’d R. W. Goldsborough, who was responsible for the construction of St. Paul’s, Hillsboro (MD) in the 1850s. Only sporadically used by a regular Episcopal congregation between the 1950s and 1990s, it now houses St. Thekla’s Orthodox Church.
I was glad finally to have had an opportunity to visit Grace & St. Peter’s in Baltimore last Sunday. Very different from what I’m accustomed to, but beautifully and reverently done, and with a good sermon. It was also lovely to meet @uncouthyank.bsky.social.
December 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I was glad finally to have had an opportunity to visit Grace & St. Peter’s in Baltimore last Sunday. Very different from what I’m accustomed to, but beautifully and reverently done, and with a good sermon. It was also lovely to meet @uncouthyank.bsky.social.