Last Week In Life: October 4, 2021- October 10, 2021 This past week I was moving. I have felt tired, worn out, and I haven’t had access to write as much. And here it is after 3 in the morning. I need to write something for my Week in Review. So here is something I throw together for. Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Some Pods and Tube Recs Too many voices are not being heard in the Catholic Church... Read more
“I could be having a great day and a nasty exchange on the Internet will always bring me down. Whether I am involved or not, uncivil discourse sucks the joy out of the Internet for me. I suspect it does for most people who are not secret psychopaths. I am especially discouraged when I see Christians ripping each other apart for the whole world to see. “ Rebecca Taylor: My Rules for Discourse on the Internet: (Jul 10, 2014) Catholic... Read more
On the occasion of our 300th post, here is a story about a big change in our lives here at the Catholic Bard. A few months ago, perhaps in July, my wife woke up one morning unable to walk. Her balance had suddenly gone array, and she wasn’t able to stand on her own two feet. Her words to the 911 dispatcher were nearly identical to that somehow never forgotten TV commercial ‘I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” Kristin... Read more
Last Week In Life: September 27, 2021- October 3, 2021 Hidden People Exposed by God: As I am moving, I have less time for sitting at the computer as I am packing, cleaning, eating, going to work. I should be praying. I wish I could be sleeping. But I’m sinful. But I still manage to write. For Good or for Bad here is… Last Week’s SPECTACULAR STORY OF WEEK Amen I say to you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached... Read more
October is here, and here is another month of movies and here is another list of potential movies and TV shows for you to look through. Movie Descriptions from Rotten Tomatoes/IMDB Friday, Oct. 1 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of MARVEL’s greatest and most complex characters. Directed by Andy Serkis, the film also stars Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris and Woody Harrelson, in the role of the villain... Read more
Often times, like at the end of a working day, a day I have off, or when I’m actually working, I feel tired, run down and my mind feels like a great giant glob of greaseless goo. I don’t want to do much in terms of actual involvement with real life where I have to assent to real effort on my part to engage something that takes real energy to do. That is why I can click on Youtube and... Read more
Last Week In Life: September 20, 2021- September 26, 2021 I laid out the skeleton of this on September 22. I wonder how the flesh of the week will have been filled in by the 19th. As I am moving, I have less time for sitting at the computer as I am packing, cleaning, eating, going to work. I should be praying. I wish I could be sleeping. But I’m sinful. But I still manage to write. For Good or... Read more
Today is our adopted daughter’s 23rd birthday. Last year she called us on her birthday so we could take her out to eat. We haven’t’ heard from her in about a year. My wife poems about her. 18 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER I am a mother and will always be. Unconditional love never floats away. I am also a grandmother. No, not the kind that interacts with the baby, or helps out. You see, my husband and I were put... Read more
Back in the last millennium, St. Pope John Paul 2 crafted his letter to artists. None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of creation looked upon the work of his hands. A glimmer of that feeling has shone so often in your eyes when—like the artists of every age—captivated by the hidden power of sounds and words, colours and shapes, you have... Read more
Last Week In Life: September 13, 2021- September 19, 2021 I laid out the skeleton of this on September 12. I wonder how the flesh of the week will have been filled in by the 19th. As I am moving, I have less time for sitting at the computer as I am packing, cleaning, eating, going to work. I should be praying. I wish I could be sleeping. But I’m sinful. But I still manage to write. For Good or... Read more
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