Most of us, I realized as I looked around the room, remember a Church before Vatican II. A pre-Conciliar church.
Continue readingToday’s find: Greening
I’ve already been warned.
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Today’s find: By dawn’s early light
Almost a full week before our clocks “sprung forward,” it was still pretty dark at quarter-past-six in the AYEM…
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Today’s find: House of zeal
No one would mistake this place for a palace – this place I call “holy ground.”
Continue readingToday’s find: Savory flavors
Two different times in the past couple of days, I found myself straying off some rather well-worn culinary paths.
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Today’s find: Bootprints
First came the snow. Then came the Snow Faeries. Both were unexpected.
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Today’s find: Travel time
We weren’t even in Chicago-proper yesterday afternoon, but I was ever so grateful to have a Trusted-Driver-and-Guide to get us out of that Toddling Town.
Continue readingToday’s find: Patches
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Today’s find: Secrets of the dead
I’ve been feeling an odd sort of pressure for the past day or two – a compulsion to write something beautiful about Dad.
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Today’s find: Summoned
I kept thinking, surely with wind chills below zero…and a nice little coat of ice and snow on the ground…the county courts will call off Jury Duty for all those summoned this week…
Think again.
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