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September 29, 2026

The Thing I Don’t Understand about Rich People…

Personally, I would love to be rich. I know being rich wouldn't be good...

February 2026

February 08, 2026

In Cold, In Light, In Grief

The brightest day there could possibly be, is a cold bright day. The strongest sun...

December 2025

December 05, 2025

The Cat, the Cat House and the Plight of the Homeless

The cat house will get here tomorrow. A friend sent me a wonderful warm...

August 2025

August 14, 2025

Summer Ends, In a World Without Mercy

Summer ends, first with a bang, and then a whimper. I had been moping at...

May 2025

May 22, 2025

When You Think of the Budget, Think of the Children

I just want to remind you that every choice our government makes has real consequences,...

April 2025

April 28, 2025

Trump’s Cuts to Food Pantries are Already Hurting the Poor

I want to talk about food pantries again: what they are, how the current...

April 08, 2025

Check Out a New Charity at a Local Parish

You know by now that I'll be painfully honest with you if there's something...

March 2025

March 31, 2025

The Cat, The Rabbit, and Christianity

Charlie the cat belongs to the Artful Dodgers, but I pretend not to know...

January 2025

January 16, 2025

In the Forever Snow

We're having a snowy winter. We haven't had a snowy winter in at least...

August 2024

August 17, 2024

A Downpour

I'd never grown a pumpkin successfully before. The Ohio Valley has a relatively short...

December 2023

December 09, 2023

Mary and Joseph and Holly the Witch

The Scrapper came back to see Holly the Witch, at her house on the...

June 2023

June 19, 2023

I Saw Two Churches

I watched a few different church services on livestream this weekend. I still can't stand...

May 2023

May 21, 2023

My Two Cents on Food Pantries

Twitter was awash in another pile-on the other day, this time on the subject of...

February 2023

February 14, 2023

At the Least Convenient Time

Nothing ever happens at a convenient time. In the middle of last week, a...

February 05, 2023

The Landlord at the Door

I woke up on the first of February, Imbolc, the feast of Saint Brigid, to...

January 2023

January 25, 2023

Things that Ought to be Normal

It's been such a week I don't know where to start, but I think...

January 22, 2023

The Scrapper

The scrapper was in the alley, dragging a great big piece of iron. Holly the...

January 10, 2023

The Lost Girl Finds a House

Last week, my friend The Lost Girl thought she had found a house. As you...

December 2022

December 20, 2022

The Sign and the Holy Family

The day started well, and then it collapsed into ruin. I took Adrienne to Robinson,...

December 17, 2022

In Little Things

I talked with Holly the Witch. She saw the woman who used to live in...

November 2022

November 15, 2022

Yes, We Do Need Bloated Bureaucracy

I watched an exchange on Twitter, which I thought was educational. Tony Arnett, the author...

November 11, 2022

An Update on Holly’s Homeless Neighbors

I checked in with Holly the Witch about the homeless lady who had been...

October 2022

October 21, 2022

Driving Serendipity

I drove to Columbus in Serendipity. It's hard getting used to a new car...

October 05, 2022

A Series of Temporary Measures

Everything is changing now. The whole world is going gold before it goes gray. Nothing...

August 2022

August 28, 2022

Take the Lowest Place

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: On a sabbath Jesus went to...

August 11, 2022

Take it Day by Day

On Independence Day, one of the Lost Girls woke up to find that her...

July 2022

July 21, 2022

Lady With The Blue Coat

It was one of those exhausting mid-July days where the whole world slows to...

June 2022

June 28, 2022

For All the Lost Girls

I first knew my friend was good at math, when I took her shopping....

June 25, 2022

Drop Dew, Ye Heavens

I finished my pilgrimage to Columbus, and came back down to the Valley with a...

June 23, 2022

Nobody Prays at the Slumlord’s House

I saw a post online recently, about people praying the Rosary outside the public library....