Reading Before Bedtime David and I have been reading a historical narrative written by Nathaniel Philbrick titled The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of The Little Bighorn. This of course is the true story of various Indian tribes and American soldiers who had fought for the confederacy during the last war. In…

Of Cemeteries and Loved Ones This is about taking care of our loved ones as best as we can – given that they are all deceased and in the cemetery! A couple of Sundays ago, after church, we stopped by Fresh Market and picked up four or five bunches of fresh, beautiful flowers. Most of…

Walking Our chief form of exercise is our daily walk around the neighborhood … which frequently turns into a social event also, because we know – more or less – the folks around our block as we make our daily, half-hour round. How folks are, who is missing, how everybody is doing on this latest…

Communion of Saints   A number of years ago – out of the blue – I thought of a priest – Father Ralph – who I hadn’t thought of in years. Ralph provided instruction for me to become a Roman Catholic convert at age 16. We had lost touch with each other over the years.…

The Art of Stillness: Let’s Revisit Pico Iyer’s Great Book! This is actually a reposting of a review I wrote about Pico Iyer’s book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (Simon and Schuster, 2014). It’s a great book – as I think I made clear before and again now. So in case you…