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June 2026

June 04, 2026

The Name of the Rule is Compassion

Willow the cat lives under the porch. I pretend not to know she is...

December 2025

December 05, 2025

The Cat, the Cat House and the Plight of the Homeless

The cat house will get here tomorrow. A friend sent me a wonderful warm...

October 2025

October 25, 2025

The Shadows at the End of the World

The cat thinks shadows are solid objects. I've never had a cat before. Charlie is...

October 17, 2025

A Balm To Make the Wounded Whole

It was starting to get cold when Jimmy's boy came to visit. All I wanted...

September 2025

September 16, 2025

To See the Light of God

The lights went out at midnight. Michael was at his night shift and Adrienne...

July 2025

July 01, 2025

And What is a Family?

The calm after the storm is more difficult than the storm itself. When I'm running...

May 2025

May 21, 2025

To Hear the Shepherd’s Voice

I woke up anxious as ever. The day might come when I don't immediately panic...

May 16, 2025

“Gently Does It,” I Told Myself

I never thought I'd be the mother of a traumatized cat. Charlie the stray is...

April 2025

April 17, 2025

Where the Lion Lies Down, Heaven Is

Charlie has not left. I've never had a cat in my life before. My father...

April 03, 2025

You the Branches, Compassion the Law

"I think your cat hurt herself!" said Jimmy. "She's holding up one leg." He'd...

March 2025

March 31, 2025

The Cat, The Rabbit, and Christianity

Charlie the cat belongs to the Artful Dodgers, but I pretend not to know...

March 15, 2025

When Spring Came, I Was Home

Spring came, and nobody could stop it. The winter seemed as if it would go...

October 2024

October 23, 2024

A Cat Named Disaster

Someone left the lid off the sandbox again. The Artful Dodger has at least...

November 2022

November 12, 2022

The Cat Lady, Clothing, and the Meaning of Solidarity

Last weekend I witnessed a fight in a Facebook group. The fight led me...

September 2020

September 08, 2020

For I am a Worm

Did you ever get so severely exhausted, your eyes wouldn't focus? Forgive me. I...

September 04, 2020

Saint Francis and the Brown-Black Cat

The week has not been conducive to very much writing. I had my second rabies...

June 2020

June 20, 2020

Frater Memento Mori

There is something about gardening that's almost guaranteed to make you superstitious. I was in...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

For John Came Fasting

Rose met a cat. You might remember that I've mentioned LaBelle is haunted with...

December 2017

December 10, 2017

Comfort and Joy in Downtown Steubenville

I was recently informed by a disgruntled reader that I "literally threw the entire...

November 2016

November 18, 2016

Once Upon a Mattress

We really needed a new bed. We had twin mattresses and twin box springs that...

October 2016

October 19, 2016

A Triumph and a Requiem

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

September 2016

September 28, 2016

Evening Walk

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