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August 2018

August 02, 2018

An Open Letter to Walgreens

To Donovan W. Pepper National Director, Local Government Relations Walgreen Co. 104 Wilmat Rd,...

July 2018

July 11, 2018

I Found a Mountain

I took Rose to her annual doctors' appointment. It was in the old medical building,...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

Franciscan University, Title IX, and the Objectification of Women

There is a weird attitude I've encountered all around Steubenville, that defending Franciscan University...

April 07, 2018

As a Deer Longs

We still don't have a way to get to the church that's become home....

October 2017

October 04, 2017

The Mirror and the Font

I took Rose on an expedition to the thrift shop, to look for fifty cent...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

Ohio Valley Canticle

I've been trying to fit in here for almost eleven years now-- trying to find a...

June 05, 2017

What’s in the Dark

One learns what the poor's real needs are, when they themselves have to learn to...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Free Among the Dead

That's all anybody can ever do: help each other suffer less, and pretend to be...

May 11, 2017

Where Will The Poor Go?

I wonder where the poor will migrate to if the middle-class Catholics manage to get...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Heroin, Bananas and the Cry of the Poor

Someone gave me an extra big tip on the blog tip jar, a few weeks...

March 21, 2017

That They Might See

I had to take the bus downtown to turn in my "interim report," to prove...

January 2017

January 09, 2017

My Latest Hobby and the Mustard House Horror Show

I am not a very tasteful decorator. I have neither the knack nor the funding....

November 2016

November 09, 2016

Aftermath of the Election: What Do We Do Now?

I didn't watch the Returns last night. I watched an old video of Bob...

November 07, 2016

It’s Just Clear Blood, I Promise

There was no need for Father Vasyl to apologize, let alone apologize twice. The whole...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Mall Madness and Halloween Delirium

(Image: "The Scream," undated drawing by Edward Munch, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.) I dreamed I...

October 19, 2016

A Triumph and a Requiem

(image via Pixabay) I'd finally kept my promise to my daughter. We were going to...

October 10, 2016

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place

(image via Pixabay) I couldn't get a ride to the Byzantine Catholic church. I decided to...

October 04, 2016

The Madman with the Pineapple: A Recollection for the Feast of Saint Francis

(image via Pixabay) Great Grandmother was a Secular Franciscan. "I could be buried in a...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

Evening Walk

(image via Pixabay) Lately, when I can't sleep at night, I go for walks by...

September 19, 2016

In Conversation With the Comfortably Ignorant

(image via Pixabay) I just had the following conversation on Facebook: Strange Man: If a person...

September 19, 2016

The Vanishing of Doctor Jane Smith

(image via Pixabay) It's time for my daughter's regular check-up. Or, rather, it's time for...

August 2016

August 21, 2016

Parable of the Bush Beans

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

August 20, 2016

Against The Normalcy of Catholic Culture

(image via Pixabay) This post is a part of the Patheos Catholic Channel series, “Catholicity:...

August 02, 2016

Blessed Is The Kingdom

Poor people come and go in a day's time, sometimes, and you never see them...

August 01, 2016

What It’s Like to be Chronically Ill and Catholic

While this post was originally written independently of the Patheos Catholic Channel series, “Catholicity: Identity...

July 2016

July 14, 2016

When a Blessing Becomes an Idol

I was talking with my new friend just the other day... She and I hit...

July 11, 2016

Not Unto The Ages of Ages, I Hope

Michael touched his voltage tester to the light socket in the kitchen. There was a...

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 30, 2016

Everyone Already Knows

Everybody have a seat. Yes, everybody. Sit down. You in the back, too. Everybody have...

June 26, 2016

The Friendly Neighborhood Iconoclast

I admit I'm not a real iconographer, not by a long shot, but I've been trying to...