Flights of Lunacy

Where do I even begin? In the weeks before my dad's death, I wrote a lot, more than I'd written in a while. It, and vast amounts o...

I have not been doing well with my spiritual reading lately. Well, if lately means "this year." Actually, I could go back farthe...

So I had started a post for this final day of the 7 posts, 7days blogging challenge, but was pulled away mid-writing by family (I've bee...

Earlier this week, I started rereading "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh. The last time I read it, I was in high school, and...

Today is the feast day of St. Anne, (and also that of St. Joachim who also is celebrated today), mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grandmot...

Working on my back-to-school tab today (and yes I wrote the column, although I'm not completely satisfied with it. And no, I didn't...

So part of the challenge of this challenge (and at somepoint I will stop referring to it and just write about something, I swear) is finding...

I think if people knew how many imaginary conversations I have with people -- family, friends, co-workers, crushes (sometimes out loud, alth...

So the last few days I've been bemoaning the fact that I don't write any more. Now, when I say that I "don't write anymor...

This morning, I spent about two and a half hours outside working in my yard, mowing the lawn (mostly grass in the front, mostly weeds in the...

Over the July 4th long weekend, I flew up to southern Illinois for a family reunion for my dad's side, which started on Thursday with a ...

I was totally thrown off by working Monday, which is usually the second day of my weekend, so please forgive me for being a day late. I...

Leaving Mass yesterday evening, I snagged a copy of my parish bulletin as I do every week. On the cover of this Sunday's edition was a s...

Last week, a friend posted a link to a blog post by Simcha Fisher over at the National Catholic Register. Fisher wrote about "custody...

Again, I am very sorry for the posting gap. The last few weeks have been incredibly busy ones at work, with the school year ending and fille...

Sorry for the radio silence the past two weeks. I was in the process of packing to move, and then moving/unpacking (which is still going on....

This morning, I mowed my parent's lawn. It's something I hadn't done since high school (or possibly during breaks in college, so...

I don't know about you, but my prayer is rarely as focused as it needs to be. It became especially obvious as I sat in Adoration this m...

Can you imagine being 14 or 15, and suddenly having an angel appear before you? Not only that, but then the angel says you're going to h...

Everything, and I do mean everything, I read about our new pontiff, Pope Francis (it's neat just to type it! I'm so, so incredibly g...