Ariel

I was listening to a recording of the Book of Isaiah while doing some routine paperwork for my school. At the very moment that I wrote Ariel -- the English name of one of my students -- Isaiah said:

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! (Isa. 29:1)

That's all so far, but these minor syncs are often a prelude to things to come.

The name Ariel has appeared on this blog once before, in "Vizzini, flies, and full fathom five" (July 2025), where it refers to the character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest, who sings the song alluded to in the title. That word tempest recently appeared in "Minor syncs: Omelette and Mormon tempest" (March 7), another of those "minor syncs" that ended up ramifying into something more complex.