… there’s really nothing remarkably about turning thirty five other than becoming an official cougar, as defined by Urban Dictionary. It’s no major milestone. But this year I received one gift that made this year memorable. No, it’s not jewelry, designer clothes or even a gadget on some kind. Those things, while nice for other women, hold no special value to me. This is the year I received the best gift ever… a first class relic, the first one I’ve... Read more

… sipping a cold adult libation giving thanks to God for the cerulean blue sea. Malta image provided by Mark N. Read more

… there’s a Swiss Guard waiting to be stalked by me. Read more

… a very close acquaintance recently remarked that he never liked Catholics because, according to him, we mourn our faith. Yeah… we really look the part. Padre Pio, pray for the conversion of non-Catholics. Read more

… a good friend once told me; men practice on blonds and marry brunettes, but it’s those beguiling raven haired girls you have to watch out for. Pavonia by Lord Frederick Leighton Read more

… I can succesfully pass off sleeping at my desk as the act of prayer. Read more

… Catholic or even pious for that matter; farting. I may never understand, in the span of my lifetime, the appeal that this basic bodily function has with the opposite sex. If you were to ask my son he would declare it the pinnacle of comedy. I’ve never seen a child so proud of his ability to fart on demand. Apparently men’s affection for farting loudly themselves or laughing at people farting loudly does not wane with age or wisdom.... Read more

… a poem by Sarah Manguso I was a bartender in Hell.People were coming up to the bar and asking for drinksAnd I was saying There aren’t any drinks here.This is Hell. I didn’t have any drinks.I didn’t even have any glasses.But I had to stay there.A figure approached, sat down on a burning stool.I know you don’t have any drinks, he said. It’s alright.He went on. I was a painter while on earth.I could do some painting here to... Read more

… a reader submitted image for this Malta Monday. Grazie mille, Mark N. Read more

… here’s one I bet never gets confessed as much as it should. “Bless me Father for I have sinned. I blogged that your homily sucked.” Quote attributed to Tina. Read more