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March 17, 2026

Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Big Deal

I spent last week on a wonderful trip to Sweden with my son. Today is...

October 2025

October 09, 2025

I’m Headed to Beer Camp!

I am an unabashed beer snob. I am also a single-malt scotch snob, but that's...

October 26, 2023

What is the Most Awesome Country, and Why is it Canada?

A number of years ago, during the early years of President Barack Obama's first term,...

May 2022

May 08, 2022

It’s Okay to Be a Sheep

One of my prized possessions, purchased when  Jeanne and I were on vacation during Summer...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

This Year Sucked, Just Like the Last One. Now What?

Although today is the next-to-last day of 2021, I am writing ten days earlier on...

July 2021

July 08, 2021

Is There Anyone Home Up There?

This week, my preliminary work on my next book project--a teaching memoir tentatively entitled Nice...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

Good Shepherd Sunday is Coming: Here’s why being a sheep isn’t a bad thing

One of my prized possessions, purchased when  Jeanne and I were on vacation during Summer...

July 2020

July 15, 2020

Remembering a Good Friend

A very good friend of mine, a man whom I only knew for the final...

May 2020

May 02, 2020

Sheep in the Streets: A Reflection for Good Shepherd Sunday

As horrific and tragic as most Covid-19 stories are, every once in a while these...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Come Holy Goose

According to the reading from John’s gospel at church a couple of days ago, one...

April 14, 2019

Blessed Is He Who Comes: A Palm Sunday Reflection

Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most dramatic days on the liturgical calendar. But...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

What I Learned About My Faith When I Visited Cuba

Fifteen years ago, I was part of a group of a dozen or so academics...

July 13, 2018

What the Scots Think Of Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom is underway—something that makes me very happy that...

November 2016

November 16, 2016

The Times They Are A-changin’

I’m going out on a limb here—way out. I like time changes. This year Daylight...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Je me souviens Québec

Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series has everything a lover of mysteries could want....

April 2016

April 22, 2016

April is the Coolest Month

I am enjoying reading Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache mystery series these days; the third book...

November 2015

November 06, 2015

A Green Mountain Boy

The candidacy of Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Party nomination for President over the...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Border Crossing

As a youth growing up in northeastern Vermont, a trip to Canada was pretty much...

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