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January 2026

January 22, 2026

Where Is Your Bullet?

There's nothing better than a good dog story--I've told many of them over the dozen-plus...

December 2025

December 04, 2025

What it is Like to Trust

It's hard to believe that our corgi Bovina, the love and center of Jeanne's and...

September 2025

September 18, 2025

Happy Birthday, Bovina!

Bovina's fourth birthday was two days ago. On the one hand it's impossible to believe...

September 10, 2024

Remembering Frieda–a dog who was a person

Facebook reminded me that we lost our beloved dachshund Frieda six years ago yesterday. She...

December 2023

December 18, 2023

The Dog with a Bullet In Him

Regular readers of this blog know how obsessed Jeanne and I are with our corgi...

December 05, 2023

Bagpipes, Cats, and Saint Andrew

Last Thursday was Saint Andrew's Day; I was reminded beause my Scottish friend Craig posted...

July 2023

July 25, 2023

God is Not a Helicopter Parent

Every teacher knows about helicopter parents. Most of us, teacher or not, intuitively know what...

July 20, 2023

Achieiving the Peaceable Kingdom

One Sunday morning a number of years ago, I noticed that a reproduction of a...

June 2022

June 28, 2022

Four-Legged Trust

Jeanne’s and my 9-month-old corgi, Bovina, has been the center of our lives since we...

April 2022

April 17, 2022

I Will Awaken the Dawn: Some Thoughts for Easter

Our seven-month old corgi Bovina, one of the greatest joys of Jeanne’s and my life,...

October 2021

October 05, 2021

The Moral LIfe of Dogs

Over the years I have developed dozens of strategies for getting students to participate in...

August 2021

August 24, 2021

Remembering Winnie: What Our Pets Teach Us About What’s Important

Our dachshund Winnie died a week ago. She spent a bit over twelve years with...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

How To Be a Person

Not long ago, I read Hilary Mantel’s long-awaited The Mirror and the Light, the final...

May 26, 2020

Why Are You Such a Person?

I recently finished reading Hilary Mantel’s long-awaited The Mirror and the Light, the final entry...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

Things I Am Thankful For–what is your list?

I have a Facebook acquaintance, a fellow graduate of St. John’s College, who posts five...

October 2019

October 05, 2019

Spiritual Lessons Learned from an Obese Cat: A reflection for “Blessing of the Animals” Sunday

I was reminded yesterday that exactly eight years ago, one of my favorite pictures of...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

Hail Frieda, Full of Grace

Six years ago today, after a great deal of resistance, I finally followed the advice...

August 14, 2018

Remember You are Dust

I've been thinking about ashes lately. I just finished reading Sara Miles's City of God, a...

April 2018

April 22, 2018

How Do I Get There?–A Reflection for Good Shepherd Sunday

Tomorrow is "Good Shepherd Sunday," including the 23rd Psalm--a text so familiar that it is...

October 2017

October 03, 2017

Spare Parts

Last Sunday was Saint Francis Sunday, a celebration that rivals Easter and Christmas at the...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

All Dogs Go To Heaven

Do dogs go to heaven? Some people turn this into a convoluted theological debate--Do dogs...

April 2017

April 14, 2017

Actually, He Died

"Total disaster." "Not good." "Sad." We're becoming used to these phrases. But they reach a...

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...

November 05, 2016

Canine Ethics

Over the years I have developed dozens of strategies for getting students to participate in...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

October Musings

Autumn is my favorite season of the year, and October is my favorite month. This...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Repairing an Angel

I love The Onion. A couple of weeks ago they reported on a sad event...

September 08, 2016

Embracing the Barbarian Invasion

Every year the world is invaded by millions of tiny barbarians. We call them “children.” ...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

Hail Frieda, Full of Grace

Four years ago this month, I finally followed the advice of several people whose opinions...

July 2016

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...

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