Windy Day by Vladimir Gavrilov (1923-1970) Read more

… I still have nightly dreams of Rome. It’s like my poor visually starved brain is trying to process all that beauty and wonder. Read more

… speaking from my own personal experience, nurses and doctors are horrible about seeking medical attention when they are feeling ill. I usually won’t make a doctor’s appointment unless I am bleeding from the eyes and the entire left side of my body is numb. Most often I self medicate with whatever OTC drug or left over prescription pill is sitting around the house. Sometimes I will even get a little crazy and try voodoo, more commonly referred to as... Read more

… I’m sure you all dying to know, especially since comments I made were misconstrued as criticism. Criticism isn’t always a negative thing and can serve a constructive purpose. I think by “criticism”, they were referring to my comments about the insignificance of bloggers. I was honest. In interviews I gave for CNA, SQPN and Vatican Radio I reiterated the same sentiment. Blogging is a source of ego. It’s the printed opinion. The phrase should be “blogs are like assholes,... Read more

… tomb of St. Monica in Sant’Agostino. Forgive me, St. Monica, I used to view you as an instrument of oppression used by the Catholic Church to make women stay in miserable marriages. Even to this day the thought of you fills me with crippling guilt. Five years ago I wrote this; “I have so many mixed feelings toward St. Monica. I want to like her, I really do. I respect the devotion and perseverance she showed in her marriage.... Read more

… finally, my own photo contribution. Read more

First Holy Communion. Read more

… I met some terribly clever and insight fellow Catholic’s during my stay in Rome. Please allow me, over the course of the next week, to introduce them to you. Paul Smeaton of “Smeaton’s Corner” is trying to raise money for his parish to have a proper choir. He proposed riding a bike 50 miles wearing a clown suit for the reparation of liturgical abuses. I think this is a smashing idea. Other’s disagree. What do you think? Next meet... Read more

… when walking the streets of Rome it is always prudent to be mindful of the latest fashions. *they clean the coins from the Trevi on Monday’s that is why there is a suspicious lack of water in the fountain. Read more

… For the Lord sayeth, those who beat thier ass shall be smote by the angels. *Art from an undisclosed location within the Vatican; used with permission. Read more