Warning: serious meter, high. This is not the usual blog post, a little more sober and meditative, not for everyone. For more of the usual goofiness, check back next week Continue Reading →
-1- “Offer it up!” I don’t think there is any phrase that can more powerfully and more immediately inspire the desire to perform sacrifice—of the old fashioned (see Aztecs) variety. Continue Reading →
Dear Mother Nature, You seem a bit stressed. Might I interest you in a glass of wine? Come, sit down, put your feet up and chill RELAX. There, isn’t that Continue Reading →
Family folk-lore has it that at a wee age I was given an apple to taste, took one lick of its outer peel, and promptly rejected it. I did the Continue Reading →
Once upon a time, a few millennia ago they say a dreamer and a virgin travelled by donkey to a far off land. There the virgin had a baby and Continue Reading →
Every Friday, Jennifer Fulwiler hosts “7 Quick Takes Friday.” It’s a linkup for those who want to post, but who either don’t have enough to say to make a real Continue Reading →
About a year ago on Facebook, I mentioned my holy ambition to one day become a saint, and, more specifically, the patron saint of anyone looking for a bathroom. Over Continue Reading →
I may be a big city denizen now, but I spent the first two years of my life in Kentucky, before my parents were summoned to New York to take Continue Reading →
Disconcerting noises from next room. Adult voice: “Nicholas! Why is your sister crying? Did you hurt her?” Smaller voice: “Not yet…” Let me introduce one of my favorite people, the Continue Reading →
Some feast day fun in honor of biblical scholar St. Jerome Note: The following is compiled from actual student essays, projects and test answers submitted over the years. This document Continue Reading →