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June 2017

June 09, 2017

The Little Red-Haired Girl

It is my blog custom on my wife Jeanne's birthday to post a reflection on...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

How to know the will of God

God has given us everything we need to address the problems in front of us....

April 2017

April 16, 2017

We Had Hoped

The Apostle Paul wrote that "now abide faith, hope, and love . . ." Easter...

April 11, 2017

Flowering Trees

At the beginning of the first Holy Week, Jesus killed a fig tree for no...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

What Goes Down Must Come Up

Sunday's Psalm invited us to go to the mountain of the Lord--which reminded me of...

October 2016

October 05, 2016

The Farewell Tour

I am a fan of all New England pro sports teams, but my attachment to...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

The Joyful Owl

Just about seven years ago, on a beautiful summer morning very similar to the ones we...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Those Effing Blue Jays

It has been hot this week—low to mid-nineties with high humidity. I know, for those...

July 27, 2016

The Sausage Sisters

It has been a rough ten days at our house. Not because Jeanne had knee...

July 18, 2016

Random Midsummer Thoughts

After the most beautiful Rhode Island June--sunny and low eighties day after day--in my twenty-two...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Holding Off Socrates

As is often the case in June, several huge soccer tournaments currently are under way in...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Tasmanian Dog

As I was cleaning out files last week, I came across an essay from a...

April 2016

April 16, 2016

Red and Blue Bubbles

As Jeanne and I do various things in the house on Saturdays, we often have...

April 07, 2016

Adepto Ex Meus Visio

Jeanne and I are headed to Florida this evening to spend a week with family...

April 01, 2016

Jesus, Moe, and Curly

IT'S APRIL FOOL'S DAY--A PERFECT TIME FOR SOME IRREVERENCE! One of my unexpected reading delights...

March 2016

March 18, 2016

Gotta Have More Cowbell

Guess what? I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell. Bruce Dickinson...

January 2016

January 02, 2016

Goliath was a Wimp: Random Observations for the New Year

The first measurable winter precipitation of the season rolled through town last Monday night, on...

November 2015

November 18, 2015

Jesus is Riding a Dinosaur, and other observations

The next time someone says something like “These are $130 headphones that I bought for...

September 2015

September 07, 2015

Mister Perfect Has a Bad Day

A conversation heard behind the scenes: Dude! Did you see what just happened?? How could...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

Someone with Skin On

The story is told of a little girl who was afraid of the dark. After...

June 2015

June 14, 2015

Sowing the E-Seed

Today's gospel is about sowing seed--a promising but ultimately inefficient activity, both in the field...

May 2015

May 13, 2015

Resembling the Picture

Another academic year is in the books, and as I will gladly be shifting into...

May 06, 2015

How I Know That I Am Getting Older

I recall once when I was barely thirty hearing my father describe himself as in...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Random Thoughts as the Semester Ends

Assignments: You would think after twenty-five years of teaching that I would have learned not...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

Being Uncomfortable

Final exams begin next week, so I'm getting ready for the next round of reading...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

Bagpipes and Cats

Today is Saint Andrew's Sunday (which happens to fall this year on the actual Saint...

November 19, 2014

Celebrating Life

I recently submitted two grant proposals related to my sabbatical that will begin next July....

October 2014

October 29, 2014

The World’s Most Interesting Man

In one of my interdisciplinary classes we are in the transition between Ancient Greece and...

October 22, 2014

The Crucifix Train

A bit over a year after moving into our beautiful new humanities building, there is...

September 2014

September 12, 2014

Stuffed Soul Mates

I have a good friend and colleague in the philosophy department whose twin daughters have...

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