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Jan 4 Keep the Faith
“While the rosary has many purposes, it is often prayed before, during, and after the time of death. It is considered an intercessory prayer, which asks for Mary’s intercession with God.” --Instructions from The Rosary Prayer Service for the Deceased. O sisters, let’s...
Sunday’s Thought
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” ― Anne Lamott I have been thinking seriously about getting a talking parrot, to remind me not to shout out loud what I am thinking when I'm...
Hearts in the Wind
This morning we walked with a whole pack of dogs-- it's pretty funny how my friend and I are both down to one dog, but we babysit others. This week we have six large dogs between us. We've been avoiding the flesh freezing north wind blasting down the Chilkat...
Home Again Jiggety Jog
It's a lot colder here than when I left two weeks ago, and hard to believe that in North Carolina it was 80. In Florida that's expected, but it was actually a little cooler there. My talks at "The Gathering" in Raleigh went well, or at least as well as a keynote...
On the Road Again
The bed is changed, the chickens are fed and watered, the plants are too, and I am all packed, the Blessed Virgin Mary medal is around my neck, and I am just about ready to catch the plane to Juneau on my way down south. (Really down south, not just Alaska-speak for...
Thank You, Elizabeth
The last page of the book that last year's first graders wrote on the life of civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich says, "Thank you Elizabeth!" The children wrote the book after a trip to the library to learn about the namesake for the Feb. 16 Elizabeth...
Sunday’s Thought
"There is no less holiness at this time-- as you are reading this-- than there was on the day the Red Sea parted."- Annie Dillard