The littlest heretic
It must have been the fall of 1955. After two years of me fighting it off, my parents had succeeded in enrolling me into catechism classes at Our Lady of…
Last Pieces of the Puzzle
My friends are falling apart. This one is having open-heart surgery. A couple have diabetes. Another is noticing vision deterioration; and all of us have some hearing loss. Hearing what?…
Dealing With Change
It’s impossible not to notice. Things, stuff, the landscape, the society, acquaintances have all changed while I wasn’t looking. Certain life patterns are disrupted. Cars don’t need an oil change…
Life is good (if you don’t watch the news)
If you absorb even a little of the negative opinion circulating in the information ether these days, you may be forgiven for thinking that we’re all trapped in an elevator…