tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post115279540861465713..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Gettin' Medieval On Your... UnitarianismSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1153011952948867312006-07-15T21:05:00.000-04:002006-07-15T21:05:00.000-04:00I always said that Unitarianism is a church for pe...I always said that Unitarianism is a church for people who don't actually believe in God but nevertheless have a burning desire to get out of bed on Sundays and congregate. Just an impression I had... I wouldn't argue the point.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1152909784304176762006-07-14T16:43:00.000-04:002006-07-14T16:43:00.000-04:00Hi tjl- "New Beige" as we call it around here, is ...Hi tjl- "New Beige" as we call it around here, is a sad sack place. At one time, it was the richest place in the world, when whaling for oil was king. That was long ago.<BR/><BR/>The city is very small, and very squat. The faded aluminum siding on everything makes it a kind of low blur as you drive by. <BR/><BR/>I believe what you saw is a church spire that is visible from the highway. The church is on Coggeshall Street, which is a main thoroughfare. It's boarded up, and has been since I've been here, and I don't know what kind of church it used to be. <BR/><BR/>There is one famous church in NB; the <A HREF="http://www.nps.gov/nebe/portsociety.htm" REL="nofollow">Seaman's Bethel</A> across from the Whaling Museum on johnnycake hill. It's in the Movie Moby Dick, and the pulpit is shaped like a whaling skiff. <BR/><BR/>I think the ceiling fell in recently.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1152903494471908202006-07-14T14:58:00.000-04:002006-07-14T14:58:00.000-04:00Sippican -I will next time.BTW, as you zip through...Sippican -<BR/><BR/>I will next time.<BR/><BR/>BTW, as you zip through New Bedford on the highway, you see towering over the roofs a huge Victorian Gothic church. It lacks the grace of the Unitarian church, but it's certainly commanding. What is it?tjlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162785796605831050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1152881873708555522006-07-14T08:57:00.000-04:002006-07-14T08:57:00.000-04:00tjl- You didn't wave when you drove past. I'm hurt...tjl- You didn't wave when you drove past. <BR/><BR/>I'm hurt.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I stood on the bronze disk on the piazza outside the Palazzo del Vecchio in Florence commemorating the spot where they burned Savanarola. <BR/><BR/>No one could tell me if the monument was fer, or agin, burning him. <BR/><BR/>I noticed it had cooled off.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1152878714393362872006-07-14T08:05:00.000-04:002006-07-14T08:05:00.000-04:00The church is lovely. I think there's small risk o...The church is lovely. I think there's small risk of a Savonarola arising in Fairhaven Mass. Maybe that's what they need at the Turnpike Authority.<BR/><BR/>BTW, while driving from Providence Airport to the Cape last weekend, I noticed a small sign announcing the Sippican River. You can never escape the blogosphere.tjlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162785796605831050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1152804353272309952006-07-13T11:25:00.000-04:002006-07-13T11:25:00.000-04:00something should be going on in thereWhoo boy, wit...<EM><B>something</B> should be going on in there</EM><BR/><BR/>Whoo boy, with a Dad who is a Unitarian Universalist minister, can I ever relate!paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.com