2009

Then he shook his head, looked me in the eye and said, “I actually apologized, I APOLOGIZED to all my friends for voting for Obama.” “He” is a young African America soldier with whom I had the great pleasure of conversing early this morning during a visit to the Veterans Read more

My son – white, middle class, consciencious – plans to be a polic officer when he graduates from the local technical college in two years. Does that mean that he’ll be called “stupid” by our president if he so much as stops and questions a person of color engaging in Read more

Back from the North Woods of Wisconsin where it was cold and rainy most of the time and sunny and cool the rest… It was a fun trip nonetheless and we’re no worse for the wear. Honestly, I think Mark and I did more parenting during these past five days Read more

Well, wouldntcha know. I and 1499 other people were put out of our homes for an entire day last week because of some….errr…person who decided to shoot a military flare at the Patrick Cudahy plant. The flare landed on the roof and created a fire ball that ignited the blaze Read more

Blogging will be light, if at all for the next couple of weeks. We’ll be spending time as Fenelon Clan while our son’s home on leave from Iraq. Stay tuned!

Perhaps you heard about the fire at the Patrick Cudahy meating processing plant in Cudahy, Wisconsin. It made national news. The cause is yet unknown of the fire that continued to blaze for nearly 48 hours. Fire departments from all over the state – more than two dozen of them Read more

Here’s a little piece I wrote for Catholic Exchange. It was posted on July 7, 2009. Enjoy! http://catholicexchange.com/2009/07/07/120059/