My feelings and thoughts about my relationship with my Catholic identity are far too complicated and personal to explore here, but suffice it to say that while reservations generally keep me out of church these…
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Too busy with work to write much, but I thought I’d share this photo I was recently shown of my maternal grandfather; my best guess is this would be sometime around 1910-1915. I mentioned here…
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I wrote this post months and months ago, then added the photos several weeks ago. Still, I’ve held onto it, hesitating to click on the “Publish” button. It’s closer to me than most of my…
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Besides gathering our bunch around a DoodleArt poster, Christmas has once again pulled some of us down to the floor for some train time. I was pleased to see this tradition continue from last year,…
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Perhaps it was the example of Nola’s focus on the simplicity of one gift, one activity, but I was amazed by how successful this DoodleArt poster was in drawing everyone together. I’d wrapped one for…
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