598,000 and counting

Yesterday, Mark brought home a bundle of groceries. I was delighted to see that he’d gotten some awesome deals at some of the cheapest prices I’ve seen in a long time. That’s good for us, but signals the dire state of our economy. I read in the news today that Read more

Friends Forever

Yesterday I was driving home from Mass and started thinking about the sudden passing of Catholic author, husband, and father, Michael Dubriel. He’d been the editor who’d championed my book at a major Catholic publishing company. It was the first time one of the “big” publishers had taken a serious Read more

I knew I had a good thing going

Ha. So nanner-nanner on all those folks (including my loving Fenelon Clan) who’ve teased me over the years about my unbreakable morning coffee habit. Because, really, I’ve had a very good thing going. A Finland study has revealed that people who drink 3 to 5 cups of coffee daily show Read more

Where do they all go?

What I want to know is, where do they all go? I’m referring to pens, and in particular my favorite pens. I probably buy a dozen or so of them a year, hide them away in the deep dark caverns of my supply cabinet, and still they disappear. With all Read more

This brain ain’t dead

Below is a brief from today’s Catholic News Service website. No doubt Rae is an exceptional case. However, the fact that she became so unexpectedly exceptional should make us wonder: How do we know ahead of time which will be the exceptional cases and which won’t? Brain death raises questions, Read more

A Simple Solution

Gee, we’re going through all this agony for nothing. Here we are, moping around over our dead dog when all we had to do was save some of her DNA and have her cloned. And for a mere $155,000. That’s what a Florida couple did with their dog. So, when Read more

Dog Gone

So she’s really gone. Wow. It seemed as though that demented poodle would be around forever. Who woulda thought? But Friday she got sick and overnight she got sicker. By 1:30pm Saturday, we had put her down. Based on the symptoms, the vet didn’t even question our decision. She was Read more