the glory of everything

I have an old Rosary that used to belong to my dad. It breaks a lot. I love praying with it, but even last night as I took it to bed, someho...

Life is full. I miss blogging, but I often feel as if I don't have the time unless I steal it from another place. I feel as if I'm t...

This week I finished the BBC miniseries (1981?) Brideshead Revisited and was thankful for the recommendations to watch it. It's amazing...

I finished The End of the Affair and find it terribly fascinating in a variety of ways, not the least of which is the wild freedom that Gra...

I watched Brideshead Revisited last weekend and then checked out the book from the library. I rarely do this - watch the movie first, read ...

I'm having some difficulty writing lately, which is disconcerting. I want to say things and then find it better they remain unsaid, not ...

I am not a great sufferer, by any means. For me the greatest physical suffering is the migraine. In comparison to what many people suffer, t...

What a busy month it has been. Of course, our sixth child, this side of paradise, was born on January 1. You can see pictures in the sidebar...

More to come later, but for now watch this video from our local news station and you can see my wife and new daughter, Catherine Lyons. She...