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I know it's not the same That a dog is not a person But when my dog Elderly, diabetic, so diminished Unable once again to rise from his...

It's a delight to have this essay published in the September-October 2025 in Spirit & Life , the bimonthly magazine of the Benedictine...

This blog is on hiatus because I am on sabbatical for the next few months. In the meantime, please explore the previous posts and feel...

It’s an honor and a blessing for me to be published for the second time in “Benedictines”, the journal of the Benedictine Sisters of...

This essay was published today — the Solemnity of the Annunciation — on CatholicArtistConnection.com as part of their Lenten series of...

Two faded photographs.  Could be a single photo; each completing the other.  They emerge from a mildewy box in a mildewy cellar filled...

I am delighted and grateful that the March/April issue of Spirit & Life , the magazine published by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual...

I’m four years old.  Dad is scrubbing my face with a washcloth.  He keeps scrubbing just under my lower lip, just above my chin.  “It...

From the Scripps National Spelling Bee website: The word “bee”, as used in “spelling bee”, is one of those language puzzles that has...

I am happy to say that these two works appear in “Reflections 2025”, the literary magazine published by the University of Southern Maine...

It is affecting for me to see this very personal essay appear in “Reflections 2025”, the literary magazine published by the University of...