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November 13, 2025

My Thoughts on the Latest Trump-Epstein Evidence

Just a warning to my sensitive readers, this post mentions accusations of sexual abuse. Time...

August 2025

August 03, 2025

The Children in the Cloister

They came in during the Liturgy of the Word. I was in my hiding...

June 2025

June 27, 2025

And the Rain Will Wash it Away

(A caution to my more sensitive readers: this story involves an injured animal, and a...

May 2025

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...

November 2024

November 17, 2024

A November Pilgrimage

I woke up terrified, and sad. I have been learning to be happy for nearly...

June 2024

June 11, 2024

Today I Won a Battle

There is a thing that can happen when you're chronically ill. There's a moment...

July 2023

July 16, 2023

In Faith, not Certainty

We went to Robinson, in Serendipity. Serendipity is still driving perfectly, more like sledding...

June 2023

June 10, 2023

In the Strawberry Time

It's not so bad right now. I haven't been able to say that for...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

Again, the Cruel Mother

I hadn't gotten through a whole Mass in a few weeks. I have been...

October 11, 2022

A Witness to Life

Birthdays aren't the best day. The eve of my birthday is the anniversary of...

June 2022

June 06, 2022

A Tongue of Fire

Again and again, I return to this theme: I wish with all my heart there...

March 2022

March 23, 2022

“We Need to Talk,” I Said

It's been hard to sleep the past few nights, and then the nightmares started....

March 14, 2022

Holy Spirit Purify Thy Name

I don't know were to begin. My head is still spinning with the events of...

December 2021

December 22, 2021

Traditionalists, the Barque of Peter, and Spiritual Abuse

I should probably have a hot take on the recent controversy over the restrictions...

September 2021

September 25, 2021

Abuse, the Rosary, and an Old-Fashioned Social Media Pile-On

A friend, a devout Catholic, mentioned on that a new confessor had told her...

July 2021

July 28, 2021

Something About Simone Biles

I don't know much of anything about the Olympics. I don't know much of anything...

July 14, 2021

Driving Miss Rosie

I took the Neighborhood Trolley to the doctor today-- thanks to all my readers...

May 2021

May 10, 2021

A Heart of Stone

There was a stone in my pocket. I kept forgetting it was there. Several...

April 2021

April 02, 2021

Good Friday and the Scandal of Christ the Victim

Yesterday I re-posted my piece on Christ as a victim of sexual abuse, drawing on...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

Maybe I’ll Drive to Church

We are buying a car on Saturday. Well, maybe not. There are a million...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

An Open Letter from an Immigrant’s Wife

This letter was written by my friend, an American citizen, who married an undocumented...

January 15, 2021

Dustin Higgs’s Execution and the Cycle of American Violence

I regret to tell you that we have to do this one more time....

October 2020

October 13, 2020

When I was Brave

I once wrote a story called "Mary the Brave." It's not much of a...

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 12, 2020

The Lady of LaBelle

I was at the bus stop with Rosie. Someday, when this is over, I...

July 2020

July 15, 2020

In the State of Grace

I got to go to Mass. In case you're just joining me, I've been...

April 2020

April 11, 2020

It Causes Me To Tremble

I woke up early, which isn't like me. Insomnia is another symptom I...

September 2019

September 18, 2019

If We Go To War Again

Today, I want everyone to do something for me. We just recently had the anniversary...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

I Will Always be a Recovering Addict

(This post is part four in a series on addiction written by my courageous...

August 20, 2019

From Trauma to Addiction and Back

(This post is part three in a planned four-part series by my courageous friend Celia...