Happy Thanksgiving
I pray and affirm that we are a courageous and compassionate people, eager to heal racism, misogyny, homophobia, and hatred, to create a culture that values all life, that treasures [...]
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Nov, 2022
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Aug, 2021
Communal Meltdown
Written with my Thursday evening group with the prompts: communal melt down, the mist, her head rode the beat like a boat in the waves, the wind-up bird, alpacas, evolution, discovered [...]
8
Jan, 2021
Deacon King Kong, a review
In the first paragraph of Deacon King Kong by James McBride, the title character, aka Cuffy “Sportcoat” Lambkin, shoots a young drug dealer on the plaza of a public housing project where [...]
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Aug, 2020
Ordination
It was pointed out to me in recent years that the Catholic Church has seven sacraments for men but only six for women. I already knew that, but I had [...]
27
Mar, 2020
Sheltering-in-Place
When I was 21 I went to Europe on a five-week student tour with my best friends. On our last day we were in England, and we went on a [...]
13
Sep, 2019
The Goldfinch, a book review
This review is a little long, but there's a surprise at the bottom of the post! If you don't have time for reading, at least scroll down there. . . [...]