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May 2023

May 16, 2023
  Jimmy finished taking the old alternator out of Serendipity, the ill-fated Nissan I bought...
May 14, 2023
  I was going for a walk, instead of going to church. I still can't...
May 12, 2023
  Jimmy came over to repair Serendipity. I told him again about the car's alternator...
May 11, 2023
I planted potatoes, as I told you the other day. As I planted potatoes, I...
May 10, 2023
  It hasn't been the best of weeks. Jimmy still didn't have time to get...
May 09, 2023
  I was planting potatoes when Michael leaned out the window. "In case you need...
May 07, 2023
  You know what I think would help immensely? I think we should call a...
May 07, 2023
Last night, we all received the news of yet another mass shooting, in a record-setting...
May 03, 2023
  Grandpa made me a dollhouse, the most beautiful dollhouse in the world. Dollhouses were...
May 03, 2023
I have been watching the civil trial of Donald Trump. There aren't any cameras in...
May 01, 2023
My grandfather died on the last day of April, eight years ago. I've told this...

April 2023

April 29, 2023
It was quite a day for trolls yesterday. I woke up to find a very...
April 26, 2023
I was going to try to go back to regular Sunday Mass attendance after Easter,...
April 24, 2023
  Adrienne brought me a bag of stuffed animals. She is eleven and a half...
April 21, 2023
  I woke up to the smell of lilacs. It was so hot yesterday that...
April 20, 2023
  A homeless gentleman was shot to death near Holly the Witch's house, in Columbus....
April 16, 2023
The first thing I did was check on the compost. We're making compost again this...
April 16, 2023
    After a week of anticipation, we now know the culprit behind the massive...
April 12, 2023
It's been one of those times when nothing goes horribly wrong, but nothing goes just...
April 11, 2023
I was reading an article about a Florida proposal to install anonymous baby drop boxes...
April 10, 2023
The morning dawned vibrant, perfectly bright. The sky was bluer than blue and the grass...
April 10, 2023
  There's a lot of news I want to talk about today. Much of it...
April 09, 2023
  We were late to the Easter Vigil. Adrienne had informed me in the midafternoon...
April 07, 2023
  I went to Mass again last night. I wish I'd gone for some noble...
April 05, 2023
It's Wednesday of Holy Week. Holy Thursday is tomorrow. This is the most important week...
April 03, 2023
  I went to Mass. I'm not saying you should do what I do. If...
April 01, 2023
Tomorrow is Palm Sunday. This miserable Lent of Invitation and Accompaniment is nearly over. I...

March 2023

March 31, 2023
  She was just one of those people I met, a long time ago, when...
March 30, 2023
  Today is an historic day. In case you're just joining us: today it was...
March 28, 2023
The panic was severe for the longest time, and then it evaporated. The insomnia went...
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