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2021-07-30T22:14:18-04:00

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We Are Allowed to be Happy

Last updated on: July 30, 2021 at 10:14 pm By Mary Pezzulo

I needed another get-out-of-Dodge day, to make up for my terrifying get-out-of-Dodge day yesterday. Rosie had been very good at the dentist, so I took her on a long drive to a brand new park and pool as a reward. We never could have afforded this a year ago. Truthfully, it’s still quite a splurge. But it’s been a hard summer, so we packed up some snacks and went for a day trip. Yesterday, the rain had been so... Read more

2021-07-29T21:48:33-04:00

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A Late Summer Adventure

Last updated on: July 29, 2021 at 9:48 pm By Mary Pezzulo

I needed an adventure, and I got one today. After the neighbor’s frightening tantrum over the weekend, the workmen came back, with a machine that goes brrr. They are, inexplicably, still not done with painting the house. They put a yard sign advertising their home improvement business in her yard, as if what they’ve done is a good representation of their company: picking away at her old paint job and slowly adding a new one, little by little since mid-May,... Read more

2021-07-28T00:41:50-04:00

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Something About Simone Biles

Last updated on: July 28, 2021 at 12:41 am By Mary Pezzulo

I don’t know much of anything about the Olympics. I don’t know much of anything about gymnastics. I don’t know much about Simone Biles, except that she is an Olympic gymnast and the best at gymnastics in the world. Once in awhile I see videos of her performing a gymnastics routine online, and I watch, and I don’t know what to say because I know next to nothing about gymnastics. But I’ve certainly never seen anybody do gymnastics better than... Read more

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2021-07-27T16:17:36-04:00

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I Want To Move Back to Columbus

Last updated on: July 27, 2021 at 4:17 pm By Mary Pezzulo

I want to move back to Columbus. I could not afford to move back to Columbus any more than I can fly. The houses are far too expensive and the property taxes are astronomical. Every formerly cheap neighborhood is being gentrified just as fast as rich people can buy and flip the houses. So instead of making concrete plans to move back to Columbus, I’ve made a grim hobby out of watching Columbus’s real estate listings. Columbus real estate... Read more

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2021-07-26T16:52:43-04:00

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The Late Summer Tin Cup Rattle

Last updated on: July 26, 2021 at 4:52 pm By Mary Pezzulo

Hey folks, This isn’t a real blog post, this is just the periodic reminder that my blog, and my family, run almost entirely on tips. I get small royalties from my books and a small check for clicks in the United States, but well over eighty per cent of my income is when satisfied readers decided to put a few dollars in my blog’s virtual tip jar. We are extremely grateful to all our readers who keep us going from... Read more

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2021-07-25T15:03:48-04:00

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Newburg Landing

Last updated on: July 25, 2021 at 3:03 pm By Mary Pezzulo

We went to Toronto. Not the one in Canada, but the one in Ohio. I had driven through Toronto a couple of times, on my drives through the Ohio Valley. I’ve taken Rosie to the pool there quite a lot the past few weeks because it’s not very expensive. But this was the first time Michael had been. It was the first time we’d gone there just to go exploring. It wasn’t a good weekend. The Menacing Neighbor continues her... Read more

2021-07-25T01:14:29-04:00

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Miracle of the Loaves

Last updated on: July 25, 2021 at 1:14 am By Mary Pezzulo

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John: Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy enough food... Read more

2021-07-24T02:06:51-04:00

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Yet Another Take on The Pillar and Monsignor Burrill

Last updated on: July 24, 2021 at 2:06 am By Mary Pezzulo

The last thing you need is another take on the resignation of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill and The Pillar‘s brand of investigative journalism. But I’m going to give mine anyway. As far as I can follow what happened, this week, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, the general secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, abruptly resigned his post because he got word that he was going to be exposed by a Catholic media outlet. And soon after, a “Catholic Media Project” known... Read more

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2021-07-21T14:13:43-04:00

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Even on the Banks of the Ohio

Last updated on: July 21, 2021 at 2:13 pm By Mary Pezzulo

I went to a Divine Liturgy. This was my first Eastern liturgy since Forgiveness Sunday several years ago, when the pastor bawled out my husband at the doughnut social and informed him that my blog was “grave scandal” and bad-mouthing the Byzantine Catholic Church. This was all news to me. I thought I’d always spoken very highly of the rite. We did not go back to that parish. I’ve been sneaking into the backs of Latin churches ever since. I’d... Read more

2021-07-14T00:19:55-04:00

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Driving Miss Rosie

Last updated on: July 14, 2021 at 12:19 am By Mary Pezzulo

I took the Neighborhood Trolley to the doctor today– thanks to all my readers who gave me some help to get the repairs done. It was surreal dropping my car off at the body shop for several repairs, and then walking down to the bus stop. I haven’t taken a bus in four months. And then I waited in the library for hours, like I used to do after I missed the bus. And I took the bus around... Read more

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