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February 2020

February 19, 2020

Beautiful, Broken, and Okay

I have been depressed lately. That's another of the 200 symptoms of fibromyalgia, and not...

January 2020

January 19, 2020

In the January Slush

Friday night, I went to bed to the soft kiss of snow against the window....

January 15, 2020

Trump’s New SNAP Rule Won’t Hurt the People You Think

I want to say a few words about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), in...

December 2019

December 19, 2019

A Peach-Y Evening in Politics

What a day. This evening, Rosie and I sat on the sofa under blankets...

December 05, 2019

The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Addition

Yesterday, I delivered the last of the presents from the First Annual Parish Giving Tree...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

Rosie Learns a Bible Verse

We hadn't had a Catechism lesson in awhile. Homeschooling is rather disorganized in the...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Notes from the Friendship Room

First of all, a few days ago they wrote: "We respectfully request that people...

August 26, 2019

Everything that Lives is a Miracle

I got to meet a friend for the first time this weekend. We'd corresponded online...

August 21, 2019

Please Help Angela Bring Her Children Home!

Guys, I have a friend who is in desperate need of help. I've been...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

A Different Sort of Ghost Story

It might have been the first act in a terrible ghost story, but it wasn't....

July 24, 2019

A Lesson for Lunch: What do School Lunch Debts Teach our Children?

I'm sure by now you've heard that the Wyoming Valley West school district in...

July 23, 2019

Poverty, Envy and a Poolside Lunch

I used to know a well-to-do woman of the neighborhood, a Catholic stay-at-home mom with...

July 06, 2019

The Ecology of Motherhood

I took Rosie on a shopping expedition. She spent most of the bus trip chattering...

July 02, 2019

What You Did Not Do For The Least of These

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: “When the Son of Man...

June 2019

June 23, 2019

Here’s What You Can Do To Help Imprisoned Migrants

Today is the Latin Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. A certain percentage of my fans...

June 20, 2019

Where Love and Loving-kindness Are

I was downtown again, with an hour to kill. Rosie was at her martial arts...

May 2019

May 24, 2019

He Fills the Empty and Exhausted

I have been sick for a week. The nature of living on tips being...

May 16, 2019

May is a Mystery Most Uncertain

I have told you about February in the Ohio Valley, which is gray on gray....

May 05, 2019

What Can You Put in a Little Free Grocery?

The Friendship Room's new Little Free Grocery is going wonderfully. Every time I walk by,...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

The Departure of Margaret Shank

My mother used to tell us stories about the housekeeper who worked for her...

April 13, 2019

Help the Friendship Room Stock their Little Free Grocery

Have you remembered your almsgiving penance this Lent? You know, the one you resolved to...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

A Spendthrift and her Coat

I really needed a new coat. I'd had the same black one for about four...

March 30, 2019

Fruit is Expensive Where it Grows

I have a friend who lives in rural Mexico. We don't get to talk...

March 06, 2019

A Word on Fasting

Here it is Ash Wednesday in the Latin Rite. Some of our Eastern brothers and...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

The February Escape

I was at that point in February where the uptick in fibromyalgia combines with the...

February 13, 2019

What is a Sodomite, Anyway?

Last night I got into an argument with someone who kept talking about "Sodomites." He...

February 13, 2019

February is Gray on Gray

April is not the cruelest month, at least not in the Ohio Valley. February...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

As I Watch an Empty Podium

As I write this, we are waiting for an address from the president which...

January 24, 2019

Another Urgent Work of Mercy for the Hungry

I have a request from my friend Father Theodosius Walker at the Syriac Orthodox...

January 17, 2019

To Anyone Going to the March for Life This Year

I have two things to say for anyone attending the March For Life in...