Flights of Lunacy

She waltzes, alone, no glorious dress whirling 'round her, In too-long jeans, a T-shirt and bare feet, cool on the foyer tile. The mus...

This: "Love's as Warm as Tears"  by C. S. Lewis Love's as warm as tears, Love is tears: Pressure within the brain, Tensi...

So having finally finished St. Augustine's "Confessions" last week, I need to decide which of the many awaiting spiritual wor...

We've all seen them: viral YouTube videos (or, I'm dating myself here, when TLC had a show -- a spin-off of "A Wedding Story...

So at mass on Sunday, I was in a great mood. I'd been to the Audrey Assad concert the night before (it was essentially an hour and a hal...

So today, Jen over at Conversion Diary blogged about NaNoWriMo -- National Novel Writing Month, which is November -- and just tackling wr...

The other day, a friend asked me how I was doing. I actually was doing fine, and said so. But it got me thinking. How often -- usually in pa...

While I was away on bereavement leave after my dad's passing last month, I spent time helping my mom sort through some of my dad's t...

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...