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February 2025

February 21, 2025
I'm going to have to talk about Elon Musk, and what he's revealing about right-wing...
February 18, 2025
  I want to say something about Pope Francis. Lord knows I am a terrible...
February 18, 2025
  The times continue to be interesting. I keep thinking about what story a historian...
February 16, 2025
  The names of the twins were Sammiel and Gabbiel. Sammy and Gabby, for short....
February 11, 2025
She approached me as I stood shivering by the car. "Ma'am, can you give me...
February 10, 2025
  I apologize for the sparse posting, my friends. My veteran readers know that this...
February 08, 2025
  It started out with scrolling on my phone, catching up on local news. There...
February 04, 2025
It was the most anxious of days. There is so much to be anxious about....
February 01, 2025
  It rained all day. It rained, and I was relieved. It ought to be...

January 2025

January 30, 2025
    I opened my door at the end of the world. Everything is happening...
January 29, 2025
  The cross is to carry. The cross is to lift high so the martyr...
January 25, 2025
It seems I have to remind people that empathy is not a sin. In case...
January 19, 2025
  I drove out to the overlook at Fernwood State Forest, not feeling too well....
January 18, 2025
  I'm not going to watch the inauguration. I don't see why anyone would. We...
January 16, 2025
  We're having a snowy winter. We haven't had a snowy winter in at least...
January 13, 2025
It started with a chicken stir fry. I am very good at reading labels. I...
January 10, 2025
Hello friends, this isn't a real post. I'm writing an actual post in a tab...
January 06, 2025
It was a difficult night. Things have been a bit easier. I will never not...
January 06, 2025
  One thing's for sure: you're going to have to get used to being a...

December 2024

December 31, 2024
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Each year Jesus’ parents went to...
December 26, 2024
  The first two days of winter were brilliant, and then they weren't anymore. The...
December 24, 2024
Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of...
December 23, 2024
The winter solstice dawned bright and cold. I woke up on the darkest day of...
December 20, 2024
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: This is the genealogy of Jesus...
December 18, 2024
I think it's been a good Advent. There's little to write about my life just...
December 16, 2024
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: The crowds asked John the Baptist,...
December 14, 2024
  Winter is a bleak time, but did you know it's also lavish? We are...
December 13, 2024
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: The angel Gabriel was sent from...
December 12, 2024
Winter is not astronomical, as many have observed before me. It's not to do with...
December 11, 2024
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: In the fifteenth year of the...
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