Archive for March 14, 2007

Peculiarly Similar Patches?

Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on March 14th, 2007 at 12:51 am

I was recently sent an image by Jeff Ansley of a chapter patch from the Hyas Lamonte chapter of Lo La ‘Qam Geela 491.   To be honest, there’s nothing extraordinary about the design.   It’s rather plain.  Even though it fails to explicitly identify the lodge, it serves the purpose of identifying members of the chapter.  Presumably a knowledgeable person could figure out what lodge this is from based upon the unusual chapter name.

However, I thought the shape and color scheme was a bit peculiar:  I’ve seen it before. Continue Reading »



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Robert Hutchins


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Spring Has Arrived

Posted in Personal Stuff by John E. Pannell on March 14th, 2007 at 12:08 am

mini-irises.jpgThis is what folks on another forum I read would call a “vanity post”: generally off-topic and about myself…

After a rather odd winter — a warm January followed a chilly February, and no ice storms of note — Spring seems to have arrived on cue here in the Piedmont of North Carolina.

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Stephen Hawking


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