Surfacing
Hello, dear blog. Hello, dear few and faithful readers. I am surfacing after my bloggy break.... let me skim just a few highlights of the last few weeks: We are now…
Rainy Days and Mondays
Well, if you read the Drudge Report, you know yesterday was incredibly rainy in Phoenix! It began in the middle of the night, and the rain had been pouring down…
Devotionals
or: Things Junior Likes Today he first came running with the Holy Water; he has always loved to be blessed with Holy Water, usually at bedtime, but pretty much any…
Punched in the Face!
So my daughter comes home from college today and tells me this tale: I was in the bathroom before class washing my hands, when this woman came in and…
Labor Day 2014
I love it when a plan comes together! Or in our case, a whimsy! When I was doing my shopping on Friday, it was in my mind that we would…
Blarney Stone Irish Pub, West Fargo, ND
Back Home Again
My glorious vacation and family time in Minnesota was finished off on Monday night with a late dinner at the Blarney Stone Irish Pub with Vicki. It was definitely a place I…
August in Minnesota: A Brief Interregnum – Part 5
Sunday I had the wonderful opportunity to attend mass with my brother and his family at their home parish, the Cathedral of St. Mary in Fargo. What a blessing, my…
August in Minnesota: A Brief Interregnum – Part 4
Saturday morning Vicki and I were treated to a mini-concert, when Lauren, who had brought her baritone with her from Montana, brought it out and played for us. I couldn't…
August in Minnesota: A Brief Interregnum – Part 3
Thursday appears to have disappeared from my memory -- at least, I have no photos of that day. I dimly recall Doug and Sarah coming over to Vicki's house that…
August in Minnesota: A Brief Interregnum – Part 2
One of the most delightful serendipities of changing the dates of this trip up north was the fact that we were in town during the annual Concordia College Cobber Corn…