Flights of Lunacy

This afternoon I walked out of confession. No, not out of the confessional itself. I was only in line. But I still feel guilty having left...

Some days, I yearn for poetry. For, as Garrison Keillor puts it, "to be interrupted mid-stampede by a beautiful thing is a blessing i...

One of my New Year's resolutions was to do more cooking in 2012, and so far, I think I'm off to a good start. The first Friday of ...

I remember watching reruns of The Monkees as a kid, and just loved the show. They also had a guest spot on an episode of Scooby Doo, which, ...

"You're so grounded and sure in the faith, sometimes I just need to talk to you and get your perspective." I actually starte...

So, while I was packing to move, a number of people asked me how many books I owned. I had no idea, as I'd never counted before. A few f...

So when I wrote my New Year's Eve post, I closed it with the line that I hoped "For 2012 to be a year of new beginnings and of joy,...

On New Year's Eve Day, a high school friend of mine ( Kristen lives out in L.A., writes TV show reviews for an entertainment website an...

A mere seven hours remain of 2011, and it's natural to look back on the year that has gone (I gained a godson -- the newly crawling Char...

I've found my wedding cake! You know, if I decide to have a Muppet-themed wedding when I get married...  I found this over at Cake Wre...

I've been thinking about a hair-themed post for several weeks now, ever since an older woman stopped to stare at me in the library not t...

O sun and skies and clouds of June And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. -Helen H...

I stumbled upon this writing exercise while meandering about the internet today (and honestly can't remember how I wound up on the this ...

September 11, 2001. I can't quite believe it's been 10 years. In a way, it seems like we've been living in a post-9/11 world for...

Anyone who knows me even slightly is aware that I have the tiniest smidgen of a book problem. An addiction really. They are my drug of choic...

So it had been probably more than a month since I went and looked at my Google Reader page, and today I found that there were hundreds of en...

I wrote a letter to my youngest brother, Ethan, today. He's deployed in the Middle East currently, and is slated to come home in early N...

A friend of mine passed through town last night (such a rarity -- someone I know actually coming to Port Charlotte! -- is a cause for celebr...

As a kid I remember watching old reruns of the "Addam's Family" and laughing at how Gomez would become suddenly amorous when M...

I try not to get too whiney, but I have those moments (far too frequently, if I'm honest with myself) where all I seem to do is splutter...