My son, the chef

I remember when Jake and Teddy were about two and three, and the mailman saw them standing together outside the house eating a snack.  He told me, “If you think they eat a lot now, just wait until they are both teenagers!”  (Why do parents love to scare other parents?) And of course he was [...]

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It’s been quiet . . .

Please don’t give up on me and keep checking back for new posts.  I’ve had a lot of office work to keep up with, and the heat (90s for days on end, and as you know our AC is limited) is sapping my energy so that I’ve resorted to daily siestas!  I have two pages [...]

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Can we talk . . . about abortion?

I have to tell you, I’m excited by the thoughtful responses engendered by my last post.  For one thing, as I happily blog away, it’s hard to know if I’m making any impression at all if no one responds.  For another, I have always been discouraged by the lack of opportunities for pro-life/pro-choice dialogue.   I’ve [...]

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It’s a baby, stupid: Why personhood is moot in the abortion debate

Time for another reprint from the ETC–yes, and I know, time for some NEW life issues writing; I have ideas, and I promise a new one is germinating.  This column appeared, I believe, in 2007. Anyone who has been really involved in the abortion debate for a long time has got to have realized that [...]

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Stranger than Fiction

Left by the prior occupant of our table at Books-a-Million this evening: A stack of seven books.  The bottom six were all about marijuana, where and how to grow it, how to cook with it, you name it. And the top one?

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Ascent into Hell

It was with great relief that I walked into the air conditioned church this morning, but I remember when it wasn’t that way.  Summer at Immaculate Conception meant that the stained glass windows (now permanently closed and sealed with protective outer coverings) were pushed up to let in the breeze, and we sat fanning ourselves [...]

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Wishful thinking

Yesterday a Facebook friend was trying to convince others, via her status, that Pepsi was debuting a new can that included the whole Pledge of Allegiance except for the words “under God” (the HEATHENS!).  We were all supposed to put this in our statuses and NEVER EVER drink that devilish drink AGAIN! Now I know [...]

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Improvisation

I never did get around to having a family May Procession like I had meant to.  Looks like my little people improvised.

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Private pain

 A WONDERFUL FACT to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its [...]

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In lieu of flowers

Henry‘s mama has asked friends to publicize the scholarship fund his family has set up in his memory, which will pay for treatment for other addicted young people whose families could not otherwise afford it.  Henry’s guitar teacher wrote a lovely song in Henry’s honor; it is now available for download and he will donate [...]

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