Snowbrush

Much of what I am, I tell myself I shouldn’t be. Much of what I’m not, I tell myself I should be. Some examples: I shouldn’t be in a cage...

Electrical Implant My back and shoulders pain has been bad enough lately that I went through my entire 30-day supply of oxycodone (a s...

(Quotations are from the 1960s and '70s. Choices and answers at bottom) 1) “If you think you are emancipated, you might cons...

My mother often talked about people who were famous when she was young during the 1920s and ‘30s. They were mostly names that I didn’t ...

I accept that I am ultimately alone. People can still hurt me, but with the exception of Peggy, I never let them close enough that I can’t...

I haven’t been to high mass since November, although I ask myself every Saturday whether this will be the day that I return. It’s a won...

I awakened this morning recalling that I knew a man such as the one in the painting. His name was Ira Redd, and he was my girlfriend’s ...

If God should exist, what do you figure he thinks about? Does he say to himself, “My back aches,” or “My arthritis kept me awake last ni...

 Eckhart 1260-1328 “Strip yourselves of the images and unite with the formless…” — Meister Eckhart I never feel that I am—or even coul...

Fifteen months ago, I fell off a ladder and crushed my first lumbar vertebra. My internist sent me to Chris Noonan, a back surgeon. Noon...

I’ve never known a Christian who obeyed this commandment. How, then, do they explain their disobedience? They say: (1) Jesus just meant...

A young American died recently while a captive of the Islamic State. Before they knew she was dead, her family asked people to pray that ...

  One of the sweetest girls on the Internet* posted this video on her blog, and it overturned my resolve to avoid religion for awhile. ...

We met Fran a couple of years ago when we petted her blue heeler, Sheila. Seeing that we liked dogs and were good with her dog, Fran aske...

Four posts back, you ’ll find one entitled Passion Recalled Isn ’ t Passion . In it, I touched upon some of the sexual affairs I had star...