The tree’s been there every bit of 35 years, maybe all of 41 – as long as our eldest son has been alive, I thought. So why did it seem as if it had been planted for just this moment?
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Today’s find: Washed
I wonder if the Romans thought it odd, the way they treated a lifeless body just now taken down from the cross.
Continue readingToday’s find: Preparations
In the pre-dawn gloom, I encountered a beacon of hope this morning: a trio of long-dark light fixtures illuminating the iconic bell tower at my parish once again.
Continue readingToday’s find: STOP sign
Don’t know what it is with me and the setting sun, but lately it seems to be encouraging me to take a second look at things.
Continue readingToday’s find: Evangelization 101
Ok, so maybe it didn’t break the space-time continuum exactly. But it was still kinda weird to witness something of a time-warp yesterday.
Continue readingToday’s find: Train
For Grandsons on their first-ever Amtrak trip, a train is decidedly an adventure.
Continue readingToday’s find: Athirst
I went to prison yesterday. And I gather, that was a lot more entertaining way to spend the day than watching my favorite college basketball team close out its (once quite promising) season.
Continue readingToday’s find: Installation
Late-winter sunlight can play tricks, I learned on a recent visit to Laumeier Sculpture Park in southwest St. Louis County.
Continue readingToday’s find: Auto-Write
Coffee and keyboards do not mix. This is what I learned last week, while scurrying to post a blog before Sunday Mass.
Continue readingToday’s find: Medallion
Almost missed it. Indeed, I did.
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