I gave half-a-thought the other day to pulling up stakes and moving to China. The impetus was a story I read online, noting that (technically), golf is illegal there.
So moving to China seemed like a reasonable solution to me – a way to end my obsession with a game I’ve struggled to enjoy of late. Continue reading
I read the oddest thing today: a story reporting on how some of those who’ve fled Christian denominations have wound up gathering at a place called Sunday Assembly.
I was about 20 minutes into the 25-year warranty on my brand-spanking-new half-moon edging spade…when the first crack appeared in the upper reaches of the blade.
‘Uh-oh,’ I thought. ‘This is not good.’
A friend of mine kept bees once upon a time. And as we were chatting about his pastime, he mentioned a point that had never occurred to me before.
Due to technical difficulties, I had a tough time hearing the first reading at Mass today.
‘Word’ guy that I am, I sometimes find that the stories artists tell are more engaging than the works they create.
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So the other afternoon, the guy at the sandwich shop says to me, ‘Anybody ever tell you…you look like Tom Brokaw?’
Ever notice how some people just won’t listen?
Sometimes, it pays to procrastinate a bit.
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There are no bystanders at the Easter Vigil. Like the new fire itself, we all tend to become ‘fully involved.’
