4th of July Weekend – Friday Afternoon (Mountain Scenery)
After Squirrel Spring, we continued wandering around in the White Mountains, and took a drive through the very picturesque valley of Greer, AZ. From there we continued on until we…
4th of July Weekend – Friday Afternoon (Squirrel Spring)
Off to the White Mountains we went on Friday afternoon, to explore a few more places we have never seen before. Our first stop was at the Squirrel Spring trailhead.…
4th of July Weekend — Friday morning
Oh how wonderful and marvelous a thing it is to have had a three-day weekend with my WHOLE family at the ranch! It has been months and months and MONTHS…
What am I doing…
...if my day includes: Washing and folding laundry packing folded laundry getting out the guns and ammo cleaning out the cooler shopping for hot dogs, chips, soda and s'mores charging…
Scripture Reading: Present Your Bodies as a Living Sacrifice
A word in due season. So much here to take to heart, to put into practice daily!! Romans 12 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) The New Life in Christ [su_dropcap]12[/su_dropcap]…
Picking up the pace
After a few days of adjusting to our routines again, we have begun to accelerate a little this week. Junior has a cool new desk set up in a corner beside…
June, at a Glance
The first part of June has been a virtual summer camp at Heidmann West, as we had a bunch of extra young people staying with us for three weeks. They're fantastic kids,…
Laudato Si
This has been quite a turbulent week for political and religious commentators, in the lead-up to publication of Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si. The great wind blowing from both sides…
Homily for June 14, 2015
Doubtless you, like me, find it difficult not to be saddened by the state of western civilization, by wars, by abuse and opression of the weak, the poor, the powerless,…
The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
I grew up listening to my dad's favorite musicians, the Melody Four. In his beautiful tenor voice, he sang along with every song, on every record. One that I loved…