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September 19, 2022

Another Happy Fault

We stayed in Columbus two days longer than I'd expected. This wasn't because I...

March 2021

March 26, 2021

The Name I Call Myself

The first week as a car owner didn't start out very well. I was...

February 2021

February 14, 2021

Five Ways to Spot Spiritual Abuse

Many years ago now, I went on retreat for the weekend with my FUS...

November 2020

November 08, 2020

A Time To Heal, A Time To Build

Today is the day we've waited for. I woke up to find that, after an...

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 07, 2020

The Hero of Somebody’s Story

Independence Day weekend was hot in Steubenville: breathtakingly hot. The grass was brown, it...

May 2020

May 19, 2020

Norma McCorvey’s “Deathbed Confession” Reveals A Decades-Old Con

When I started blogging, I never planned to blog about the giants of the pro-life...

April 2020

April 12, 2020

An Easter Visitation

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

February 2020

February 08, 2020

Ancient History and a Modern Homeschool Parent

We're learning about ancient history in homeschooling this year. We don't have a textbook;...

January 2020

January 26, 2020

Imagine a Flock of Tongue-Cut Sparrows

At my grandparent's house in Maryland, there was a three-volume clothbound set of sparsely illustrated...

January 07, 2020

Blackbird, Regnum Christi, and the Legacy of Spiritual Abuse

Shortly before Christmas, I wrote a little about the Legionaries of Christ's new report, coming...

December 2019

December 20, 2019

The Question of Feel-Good Stories

Today, my friends were sharing one of those "feel-good" stories that isn't actually very good....

December 08, 2019

Caroll Spinney has Died

Today, we're all digesting the sad news that Sesame Street's legendary Caroll Spinney, the...

November 2019

November 04, 2019

The Color of Departed Souls

The leaves have peaked for the year, and the color is going away. Pretty...

October 2019

October 26, 2019

Two Went Up to the Temple

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus addressed this parable to those...

October 25, 2019

Wine-Dark, Rust-Red

I once met a lady who came to the Ohio Valley from Europe. She'd raised...

October 14, 2019

Why Do We Cling To Columbus? What Do We Have To Lose?

I was pleased to see that the whole-life social justice pro-life organization Rehumanize International had...

September 2019

September 28, 2019

The Names of the Rich are Forgotten

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus said to the Pharisees: "There...

September 11, 2019

To the Generation that has Grown Up Since 9/11

As I write this, it is a few minutes after midnight on September 11,...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

On Ribbons, Belts, and Bronx Cheers

When I was Rose's age, in the first and second grade, I attended Saint Michael's...

August 03, 2019

The One Who Does Not Abandon

I read an article in The Mighty the other day that made me so...

July 2019

July 05, 2019

La Belle Inferno

They say the world is burning up. Wildfires have broken out this summer in...

June 2019

June 05, 2019

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Owns Up to a Horror

I have often been to Mass in the Roman Catholic diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, which covers...

June 01, 2019

On High Places

I have always been terrified of high places. As a child, when I went to...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

Crawfish in a Jar

When I was a girl, we used to vacation deep in the heart of West...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

April is the Consequence of October

February is gray on gray. March is gold. April in the Ohio Valley is...

April 23, 2019

About that Pro-Lifer who Stranded a Woman on a Highway

Today I read a rather disturbing article about a woman who had an abortion. The...

April 23, 2019

The Departure of Margaret Shank

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

April 21, 2019

In the Holy Night

I had been dead for eons. I was not the first to die-- the first...

April 20, 2019

There is Nothing Good about this Friday

There is nothing good about this Friday. There is nothing good about a day...