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Jordan, and Home
After much delay, I will finish up my Holyland tour. Eventually, I plan to move these posts to the days that they actually happened and polish them up a bit. But for now, this is the final day of my...
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A Hush Falls Over the Room
Last week my life took a turn. I became a grandma, making it all about me. He came into the world a week late, but in a hurry and spent a little time in the NICU. He is home now. And his name in...
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In an English Country Garden
This little love came toward the latter portion of June. But, my life was busy before his arrival. I went on the train to Chicago to see the play Hamilton in April. It snowed on us. I went to Lake...
View ArticleEverything Changes, Only My Opinion
A new baby in my family has brought up thoughts and memories of my own baby experiences. I suppose that is just the normal progression of things. My baby is 38 years old. That is a generation ago,...
View ArticleWriting Posts in my Head
I have been a long time blogger. Lately, I have jumped the tracks and not posted much. But, lots of posts have been written in my head. Some of the posts are angry reactions to things I have...
View ArticleMy House, My Home
I ordered a mantel shelf for my fireplace today. How the people before me lived without a mantel all those years, I will never know. I mean, Christmas! I hope I will be able to install this thing...
View ArticleLimitless Love
Over the years when I heard the term--unconditional love, I thought to myself with a huff and a sniff, what does that even mean? I thought that there were always conditions. I really can't think of...
View ArticleRock A Bye
I babysat for my grand baby Sweet Pea on Wednesday. His momma had some errands to run. Sweet Pea is an easy baby in my estimation. He will actually lay on the couch and look at things without...
View ArticleLove One Another (Empathy)
One characteristic of narcissism is the lack of empathy for others. A short description of empathy is the inability to see things from an other's point of view. Lack of empathy can cause very bad...
View ArticleWho Tells Your Story...
In the musical Hamilton, one of the big final numbers has the line "who lives, who dies, who tells your story..." I love that song. It makes me think, about Alexander Hamilton and about myself and...
View ArticleIt's Complicated
I am a few months shy of my 65th birthday. That momentous birthday should be a thing to celebrate and hopefully by the time it rolls around it will be. If you have already passed 65 you will know...
View ArticleRecent Events
Shame on you, Pennsylvania bishops. I suppose you thought you dodged a bullet in the priest scandal and your little mistakes could be swept under the rug. Again, I say, "Shame on you!" The deeds...
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And We Pray...
O Lord, we long for You without knowing that is the desire of our hearts. Our sorrows and our tears for the sadnesses we experience, bring us closer to You. For who else is there? And we call on...
View ArticleAnd All the Bishops Resigned
I am usually not political. I sit on my hands even when I am about to pop. But, I can’t. Pope Francis needs to call for resignation of ALL the US bishops, then re-enstate only those with lily clean...
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Mount of Olives on Tuesday Morning
As we loaded on the bus Tuesday morning I took a picture of the mosque tower that woke me up every morning. This was our second to last day of touring in Israel.We were headed east to the Mount of...
View ArticleThe God Who Knows Me
I have come to know God better and better as I grow in prayer and mature in life. I am glad of that, because it would be sad to report that I have grown away from God. But I have had times when God...
View ArticleTo the Bones
I am Catholic to my bones. Despite all the anger and upset I feel from time to time over various issues, at my core I choose Christ in the church He founded. Apostolic tradition and all that. Holy...
View ArticleAnd That Being Said.....
I have been angered and dismayed by the recent scandal involving priests and bishops in Pennsylvania. I naively thought that after the 2003 scandal, protections were put into place and the Church was...
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Sycamore Turorial
I wrote a silly little post about sycamores. It has gotten more hits than anything else on the blog. It is a post with very little value to me. I often think I should take it down. It means...
View ArticleWild Whale
Despite spending a decade of my life around oceans, and visiting ocean areas from time to time, I have never seen a whale in the wild. I have seen the killer whales at Sea World and beluga whales at...
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