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March 2023

March 07, 2023

Imagining Fun in a Lonely Time

It turned out that Uncle Junkyard hadn't abandoned us after all. When he...

September 2022

September 14, 2022

On Losing and Finding a Home

We went to the downtown library. We're still in Columbus until Friday afternoon, watching...

July 2022

July 29, 2022

To A Hiding Place

Where do you go to hide when you aren't wanted? I have been looking...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

How Playing A Game Can Protect Against Cults

Yesterday, I was talking with my facebook friends about the things I was learning about...

July 2021

July 06, 2021

A Day Out

We went to Pittsburgh this weekend. I'm not quite an accomplished enough driver to find...

June 2021

June 19, 2021

Being Human is Enough for Now

Home isn't a pleasant place this summer. The menacing neighbor has workmen over...

June 16, 2021

The Prettiest House on the Block

The menacing neighbor's house is starting to look very nice. It's slate blue with...

June 09, 2021

I Have Decided to Believe In Fairy Tales

There will not be a garden this year. People who mean to be encouraging keep...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

A Road Trip

We went to the beach. I wish I could tell you just how much...

May 08, 2021

A Dandelion and a Mothers’ Day Escape

Today I was in a mood. Nothing was going right. I have been a bit...

May 05, 2021

Traditionalists, Breakfast, and the Beatific Vision

I think it all started when Mr. J. D. Flynn of The Pillar expressed the desire...

January 2021

January 30, 2021

The Child Inside Didn’t Die

Rosie handed me a piece of brown construction paper with circles drawn on it....

December 2020

December 22, 2020

The Christmas Cookie and the Christmas Star

Things are certainly different this year, aren't they? Every Christmas I've had a tradition of...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

I Dreamed I Went Swimming

I dreamed I went swimming with all of my friends. I don't exactly have friends....

November 13, 2020

Flying a Kite in Balnibarbi

The citizens of Laputa, according to Gulliver's Travels, lived on a flying island with...

September 2020

September 20, 2020

On a Bright Day

It was a bright day today. It was marvelously sunny, for the first time...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

During a Dangerous Year

Rosie is completely over her virus now. She's out of danger-- nothing left but...

June 2020

June 28, 2020

And This A Holy Summer

Have you ever built a wire fence by hand? I'm not going to tell...

June 09, 2020

Arma-Dilly-Die-Day

I went out to check on the garden and found a whole army of roly-polys...

June 01, 2020

Pentecost Roses

We went for another hike this afternoon. It was cooler than it's been, and...

May 2020

May 03, 2020

To All Who Grow And Bake And Sew

This weekend, we all got mad at somebody called Caren White, who wrote an article...

April 2020

April 12, 2020

An Easter Visitation

Rosie's lively, ragtag neighbor friends, whom I've referred to as "corner friends" and "fireflies"...

March 2020

March 13, 2020

Things That Are Helpful

When I took the bus home yesterday after my gory grocery store misadventure, one passenger...

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...

February 19, 2020

About the 22 Catholic Factions

I apologize once again for the radio static this month. The fibro had been...

February 11, 2020

Where Everything is Alive

In February, when the whole world appears dead, I think about the place where...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

Ohio to the Gulf

I have lived by the Ohio River for over thirteen years. The sources of...

January 19, 2020

In the January Slush

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

January 07, 2020

The Gifts I Got This Christmas

Want to know what I got for Christmas? Oh, I got a lot of good...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

The Problem With Cheap Gifts for Poor People

I read a thoughtful article today, by my friend Kristy Burmeister. I do recommend that...