I was beaten at my own game today. I have a penchant for making people smile. There’s nothing I hate worse than looking around me and seeing frowning faces. I can never figure out why folks are always frowning. There’s so much in life to be joyful about! Even under Read more
We had a beautiful, unusually warm and sunny February day in Wisconsin yesterday. The perfect day for a long walk along Lake Michigan. Sort of. Yesterday was my first walk without my walking buddy. All day I’d been trying to talk myself into going, but I kept putting it off. Read more
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
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
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
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
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