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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 16/08/2026

It’s hard being single in the process sometimes. I’m glad they talk about what it’s like for spouses and children, but being single clergy had its own set of challenges that I think het forgotten.

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Another #TinyJoy - finding the mate to my favorite pair of Darn Tough socks, lost long enough ago I was sure it was gone forever. How it ended up in a reusable grocery bag will remain mysterious.

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I'm watching two beloved classmates be ordained to the diaconate on livestream, and it turns out I cry just as much watching videos of ordinations as I do in person. The Church gained blessings today, amen.

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And thus ends my unpopular Anglican take, lol.

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And especially online, there seems this unspoken undertone that being Protestant is somehow dirty, or not "real Church" enough, and that's strange to me. Other people feel differently, but there's a self-consciousness in it that we don't need.

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Meh. We don't answer to Rome, we aren't big-C Catholic in any real way. We have a high liturgy that looks Catholic in some parishes, but so do Lutherans. The via media was originally about defining what sort of Protestant the CoE would be.

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We're protestant, and the consistent push to deny or minimize that weirds me out.

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I have so much to do today, and yet I am sitting here watching The Local Project vids on gorgeous architect-designed modern homes. They are just so *pretty*.

I hope that's resolved for you! Sometimes dealing with these companies feels like a psych experiment I don't remember signing up for.

After a month plus of back and forth with AT&T about the unexplained removal of my watch from my account, and three tickets trying to add it back (which is something they aren't easily able to do, I guess), it has cell service again. A #tinyjoy in terms of the "problem," but hard-won, nonetheless.

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It was - I wish I hadn't gotten rid of my old bomber jacket, tbh.

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That cat deserves a raise!

Peg rolling jeans was a thing we really did, and that was...a choice. A classic leather jacket and jeans, did that first come into style in the 1940s or 50s? A venerable tradition.

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When I want to mock kids for fashion, all I need to do is open my old yearbooks and then take several seats, lol.

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The whole hate-the-youth thing is ridiculous. I grew up in the 80s. I can't make fun of anyone else's fashion choices, all I have to do is look at old photos and be humbled. Mistakes were made.

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Thinking people deserve to have their things stolen just because they are nice isn’t something I understand. There are all kinds of people, I guess.

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That’s a you thing, not a reflection on him, and you feel how you feel. That is his workplace, and attorneys often like nice pens. There’s no doubt that a Montblanc is a recognized status pen, but it’s also a tool that lasts decades, like a nice watch (also often status symbols).

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And whether I use one of my own pens or not depends on the occasion, the purpose, and the paper. I wouldn’t ruin the aesthetic of a guest book, but I might use one of my own on at work, or a sign-in sheet or medical forms, because they’re pleasant to use.

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He left it in a bin by a metal detector and someone stole it. He wasn’t flaunting anything. It’s a hobby, much like people buy expensive gaming consoles they don’t need, or nicer cars than they need. Doesn’t make them pricks, either.

It was a gift from his wife. Do you believe the same about say, engagement rings or nice watches?

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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 13/08/2026

I would never vote for Paxton anyway, but as a fountain pen person, this ad is effective. James Talarico won’t steal your pen.

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I grew up on the flat af Gulf Coast. Can confirm, and they really never become less magical.

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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 13/08/2026

The laundry chair is daunting!

Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 13/08/2026

I'd have to wash and dry it all first, and that feels Herculean today. Maybe tomorrow.

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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 08/08/2026

To all of the fountain pen people - has anyone found a good replacement for Iroshizuku Kiri-same? I have one bottle left, and it's time to start auditioning gray inks. Thank you! #fountainpens

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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 06/08/2026

I like refilling a cartridge with a syringe rather than better than most converters, but overall, yes, definitely.

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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 05/08/2026

The emails from my seminar about the fall semester started today. It's coming.

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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 31/07/2026

Drafting a sermon longhand with my favorite fountain pen and good paper is life-changing, and I don’t know why I haven’t done this before.

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Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 30/07/2026

You posted this in your outside voice, perhaps that was a mistake?

Casey Clough @caseyclough.com · 28/07/2026

I'm completely behind this idea.