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September 10, 2026

In the Time Between “Now” and “History”

I couldn't tell you the exact moment at which current events become history. I...

July 2026

July 17, 2026

As the Mountains Disappeared

The nightmare began when I was sleeping, and it didn't end when I woke up....

June 2026

June 18, 2026

As Life goes On, and Changes

Adrienne and I have such good times together. When I finally gave up on homeschooling,...

November 2025

November 21, 2025

Theophany at Mount Pleasant

I went to Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant is one of those places I'd seen...

November 02, 2025

It Turned So Cold at the End of the World

It turned so cold at the end of the world. It turned so cold, I...

September 2025

September 26, 2025

If I Was There, If I Was There

Autumn came this week. It rolled in on Adrienne's fourteenth birthday, as I ran back...

August 2025

August 30, 2025

Never An Ordinary Life

They say the mad king is dying. I don't know exactly when the president's...

March 2025

March 01, 2025

In the Here and Now

Again and again, I try to write the way Northern Appalachia feels, here and...

February 2025

February 01, 2025

Tell Them It Rained All Day

It rained all day. It rained, and I was relieved. It ought to be...

May 2024

May 04, 2024

Hodgen’s Mound

I went down to Tiltonsville, to see the ancient burial mound. I'd been looking...

December 2022

December 06, 2022

A Catholic Traditionalist Confronts History

Catholic Traditionalist: We are REAL Catholics! Our religious practice is pure and unchanged from...

January 2021

January 23, 2021

The Best Thing For Being Sad Is To Learn

I have always known Rosie was smarter than me, but I had one of...

September 2020

September 10, 2020

Requiem for an Era

This year it is nineteen years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks-- almost a whole generation....

August 2020

August 04, 2020

As the Water Rushes In

When I was a little girl I had a picture book of odd children's stories....

June 2020

June 10, 2020

If You Need A Statue To Teach You History…

We're getting a lot of news now about municipal statues being torn down, because they...

June 05, 2020

George Floyd and the American Apocalypse

A friend on social media reminded me that the word "apocalypse" is Greek for "revelation."...

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 22, 2020

Why the Legionaries of Christ Cannot be Reformed

No doubt many of you have read the shocking article in the Associated Press,...

October 2019

October 24, 2019

Who Killed Jesus? A Most Curious Mystery

The past couple of days, I have discovered a bit of a mystery: nobody knows...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

What White Feminists Get Wrong about Black Women

Shannon Brinkley Portillo: I've seen black women say abortion rights isn't important in our day-to-day...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

A Word on the Fire at Notre Dame

I'm supposed to say something about Notre Dame de Paris. On any other day, you...

April 11, 2019

A Survivor Responds to Pope Emeritus Benedict

I was talking last night to my friend who is a member of SNAP. She...

March 2019

March 24, 2019

Suicide, Shootings, and the Powerless Generations

I've learned that a second survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting has...

March 19, 2019

Saint Joseph and the Silent Magnificat

Today is the solemnity of Saint Joseph, which means that I have to come...

March 09, 2019

Blasphemy, Scandal and the Divine Victim

Just another warning to my dear readers, I'm going to talk about sexual abuse and...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

When the Church is Toxic

I woke up to find out that I had been screenshotted, again. Specifically, this time,...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Why Ask What Martin Luther King Would Have Wanted?

Today is Martin Luther King Junior Day. Today is the day that bloggers are...

December 2018

December 01, 2018

A Visit With Colonial History

Rosie and I went down to the Nutcracker Village and Advent Market, which was great...

October 2018

October 05, 2018

Because It Was Right, Because It Is Right

When I was a little girl, I saw photographs of the Suffragettes standing gracefully...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

Establishing Shot of a Nightmare

It's that day again. It's the seventeenth anniversary of the bloodiest day on American...