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July 2020

July 22, 2020
  We went to the library and Aldi. How many times have I taken Rosie...
July 19, 2020
  It's one of those times where it just doesn't rain. There was a severe...
July 16, 2020
I have a message from The Friendship Room: they need our help, and they need...
July 15, 2020
  I got to go to Mass. In case you're just joining me, I've been...
July 13, 2020
  I wanted to be with Jesus. Since the COVID emergency began, I've had a...
July 10, 2020
  The heat wave goes on in Steubenville. A few days ago there was a...
July 07, 2020
  Independence Day weekend was hot in Steubenville: breathtakingly hot. The grass was brown, it...
July 06, 2020
  I thought it would make bigger news this weekend, when pro-life icon Abby Johnson...
July 06, 2020
  I woke up to find that it was the feast of Saint Maria Goretti...
July 05, 2020
  Hey folks, This isn't a real post, this is just the monthly reminder that...
July 01, 2020
I want to take a moment today to draw attention to my friend Leslye Colvin,...
July 01, 2020
  I remember a line from a kitschy poem I've seen carved in plaster paving...

June 2020

June 29, 2020
  I want to say a little more today, here in the evening of the...
June 28, 2020
  Have you ever built a wire fence by hand? I'm not going to tell...
June 25, 2020
I apologize ahead of time for the length of this post; as you'll see, a...
June 23, 2020
  I want to say a few more words about all the destruction and removal...
June 22, 2020
Today I replaced my ruined plants. Not surprisingly, I wasn't able to resurrect my broccoli....
June 21, 2020
  This week has been hard. On Thursday night, Rosie forgot to lock up her...
June 20, 2020
There is something about gardening that's almost guaranteed to make you superstitious. I was in...
June 17, 2020
Last night, a female Patheos Catholic colleague got sexually harassed. You can read about the...
June 13, 2020
The civil rights demonstrations which began with the protests after George Floyd's horrific murder at...
June 10, 2020
We're getting a lot of news now about municipal statues being torn down, because they...
June 09, 2020
I went out to check on the garden and found a whole army of roly-polys...
June 08, 2020
  I think the most important thing that white people can do to help with...
June 08, 2020
  Hi folks, this is not a real blog post, I'll have one of those...
June 07, 2020
Columbus, Ohio, is an ordinary place. I'm not using "ordinary" as a pejorative there; I'm...
June 06, 2020
Today I am angry. I am angry and tired of seeing my fellow white Christians...
June 05, 2020
A friend on social media reminded me that the word "apocalypse" is Greek for "revelation."...
June 01, 2020
  We went for another hike this afternoon. It was cooler than it's been, and...

May 2020

May 30, 2020
  Today is the feast of Saint Joan of Arc, who fought for freedom against...
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