What a day…
As soon as I awoke, it started. First, a phone call from my beloved, informing me that my van had a flat tire. Not a problem he said, just get…
Hendrick Ter Brugghen, St Mark, 1621, Historisch Museum Deventer
Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist
Today's passage is taken from the Lectionary reading for April 25, on the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist. 1 Peter 5:8-10 The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) 8…
Impromptu Concert Night
A few weeks ago, Laurent invited those of us who might be interested to attend an open rehearsal with the Phoenix Symphony Chorus, in which she sings, as they would…
Paul & Nettie, sittin’ in a tree…
K - i - s - s - i - n - g!!! Happy 22nd, my love!! So, to recap the last 22 years, Paul and I: Got hitched on April 17, 1993, at…
A Little Midweek Fun
This past week has been blessedly an open-the-windows-and-let-the-breezes-blow-through kind of week - likely the last we shall have before the oppressive desert heat arrives for the summer. So I was…
Regarding Tuesday
Despite the unanimous vote of my students to continue their "spring break" throughout the Octave of Easter, our Administrator overruled them and set us back to school today. We do have…
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This year, for the first time in my memory, my birthday and Easter Sunday coincided in a happy celebration. My day started, of course, the night before, with all the…
Before the vigil, Paul and his candidate, Jeff Winkler.
Easter Vigil 2015
I have been looking forward to this Easter Vigil for the last year, because I knew two very special people who were coming through RCIA and into the church this…
Of Palm Sunday and Anniversaries
I hope all my readers had as joyously reverent a Palm Sunday as we experienced today. Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, as it is called, is always a Pontifical…
Puppy!!
Our family gained a new canine member recently: a six-week-old Mastiff-Lab mix. He is endlessly mischievous, and much loved already by everyone, including his step-mother, Gwinnie. After much discussion about…