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April 2016

April 01, 2016

You Can’t Have Everything, Where Will You Put It?

Ah, the sweet sound of children bitterly recriminating each other over April Fool pranks gone...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

Lament Over Brussels

My favorite airport in the world is the Brussels Airport. In the shadowy distant past...

March 12, 2016

Saturday on the Scintillating Links

Having neglected to gather links for last Saturday, I rather outdid myself this week, going...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Trump and Hamburger Gravy

And so we come to the end of another long week. Only this week, everyone...

February 19, 2016

Don’t Add the Broccoli Too Early

Before I really get going, here is the audio of my talk, which, I found,...

February 17, 2016

Exiled for the Gospel

From my talk at BU IV: I have been given to understand that this semester...

February 15, 2016

A Life Giving Luncheon

I'm over at Makes You Mom today with a little piece about Luncheon. Most of...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

Golden Dreams of Cozy Domesticity

We made it to Friday! Rejoicing abounds. I have so many many things to do...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

Saturday on the Links: Africa

Yesterday, as I was posting about our new puppy, news reports of an attack on...

November 17, 2015

Islam and Queer Theory

I really want to enjoin upon you a glowing description of the squirmy little puppy...

November 13, 2015

7 Ordinary Time Takes

One I guess it must be admitted that we're coming on towards Advent. Feel terribly...

November 11, 2015

Rain and Chicken and Dumplings

It's been rainy and gray. Yesterday we sat in the encroaching twilight, still doing school...

June 2015

June 09, 2015

If I Forget Thee

The landscape down here in the south is so exotic. I think this every time...

April 2015

April 17, 2015

Children and Freedom

Been thinking about the Free Range Kid debate percolating all over the Internet and the...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

Requiescat in Pace

My Great Aunt Kathryn went to be with Jesus this weekend, on Valentine's Day. I...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Throwback Thursday: the Sun

We've possibly escaped the snow for a couple of days. Nearly did pray that it...

September 2014

September 04, 2014

{phfr}: making a start

Took a large bright colored pill last night which sent my poor coughing body finally...

July 2014

July 02, 2014

Lament

My mother, to whom you should all write letters and Facebook messages, imploring her to...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Will There Be Enough: American Fruit Desserts

I humbled bragged yesterday on Facebook that I have a special charism for baked American...

March 2014

March 11, 2014

National Men’s Day

International Women's Day was last week sometime. I didn't click on a single article to...

February 2012

February 18, 2012

my talk last night at iv

The total lack of blogging is not because I was actually writing this talk but...

March 2011

March 21, 2011

Prayer, if you have a moment

While Libya and Egypt apparently spiral down from bad to worse, and Japan continues to...

August 2010

August 17, 2010

The Ancient Art of Letter Writing

I used to write long old fashioned letters by hand. Of course, when I first...

May 2010

May 18, 2010

Light and Darkness: or an autobiographical interlude

I read this excellent post (please please go read it) yesterday and sat down to...

July 2009

July 31, 2009

That Long Ago Trip to Kenya: Episode One, Visiting the Baby Elephants

We were toying with the idea of cleaning the house and then going to the...

June 2009

June 18, 2009

Home again, Home again…

Elphine is dropping off in the middle of her Bible Story. Romulus is talking loudly...

June 08, 2009

Monday Morning

It is gray and threatening to rain and only 9 in the morning. Gladys drug...

June 04, 2009

Thursday Evening

In another few minutes I need to go my gasping way back from the office...

June 03, 2009

An Update

Anne called with an update on her mother and said I could pass on what...

May 2009

May 30, 2009

Safely in Nairobi

Anne has arrived in Nairobi safely and she asked that I update her blog. Here...