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March 24, 2017

Where’s the Borscht?

I grew up associating Lent with fish sticks and bland, canned-soup casserole on Fridays. My...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Dabbling Ducks

There are too many ugly things in the world right now. We shouldn't ignore them,...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Anything Is Likely To Happen In Columbus

I just turned on the computer to find out that there's been a mass attack on...

November 20, 2016

Snow on Roses

October is the most colorful month in the Ohio Valley. The trees blaze up before...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

Stop And Reverence These Icons With Me

(image via Wikimedia Commons) Stop what you're doing for a moment, and gaze on some...

October 07, 2016

When You Wake Up Crying

(image via Pixabay) He used to stand by the driveway to the abortion clinic, in...

September 2016

September 23, 2016

Huffle-puffle-buffal-uffle

(image via Pixabay) I took the Pottermore Patronus quiz. I should mention that I'm not...

September 22, 2016

The Equinox Will Come to All

(image via Pixabay) Once, I was looking at the comments on one of those memes...

August 2016

August 26, 2016

Try Not To Imagine A Snake

(image via Pixabay) We've established, by now, that I had a weird childhood. Most people...

August 21, 2016

Parable of the Bush Beans

(image via Pixabay) Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven...

August 10, 2016

All Creatures of our God and King

(image via Pixabay) I called my friend a cow just a moment ago, and she...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Blood, Sweat, Poop And the Theotokos

I just had to share another wonderful conversation I had lately with my talented friends...

July 09, 2016

Abraham’s Children Do Abraham’s Work, America’s Children do America’s Work

There's been so much to talk about this week-- so much I'd rather not talk...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

A Bad Penny

It was a miserably hot day. The heat was augmented by oceans of humidity until it...

June 18, 2016

Tacos, Trolleys and a Summer Misadventure

Good Thing: There was going to be a little street fair downtown. Nothing ever happens...

June 17, 2016

The Value of Straw

Saint Thomas Aquinas, God love his soul, would never have disparaged a heap of straw if...

June 03, 2016

Christ is the Pulse- A Meditation on the Sacred Heart

When I was a teenager, I was privileged to take part in a special program...

May 2016

May 29, 2016

A Bruised Reed

It's one of those Sundays where the only Mass I can get to...

May 26, 2016

In Praise of Stuffy Old Books

I have such a find for you today, I hardly know how to begin. I...

May 17, 2016

Gardening Music

No time for a long meditation today, ladies and gents. I am typing this with...

May 01, 2016

Who Commands the Lightning?

It's a cool cloudy day in Steubenville; as I write this, it's threatening to...

April 2016

April 04, 2016

Those Who Sow in Tears

This is my first year to plant potatoes. “When do they go in the ground?”...

April 02, 2016

Tuna for Elijah

At the time of our Visitation it was two O'clock in the morning, the night...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Even the Dinosaurs Cry in Anguish

My husband is a devout bibliophile who has collected books his whole life; he...

March 28, 2016

The Mercy of God is a Diamond in the Dark

I am a city child, but once a year my family used to visit a...