June 2020

There are no Stop Signs in Paris. I do not know why this is, but it is. The last one was removed in 2010. Again, without researching this, I don’t know who removed it, or why. But it is gone. No one stops, in Paris. This seems problematic to me. I have only been to […]

Some days, Canada is sounding awfully good. Undeniably good. In fact, I’d probably have packed it up by now, if I were the only one involved in the choice. I would learn the National Anthem on the first day, and all the Provinces too. Like Manitoba, and Nunavut. But for now, we are here in

I don’t know why we did it when we were kids, but we did. A little backstory here. We went to Mass every day but Saturday. At grade school, that’s just how the day got rolling. Then, of course, we went again, with the entire family on Sunday mornings. That was life. We were Catholic.

Escalation is another one of those words. Depending on the situation, it certainly can put forth any number of ideas. As a singular verb, I like the word. To increase rapidly.As we have seen in life, this can either be a good thing, or a bad thing, which is contingent on the “thing” that is

Martha Dandridge was born a long time ago, specifically on this date in 1731. This came about in Chestnut Grove, Virginia, after her parents, John Dandridge and Frances Jones — you know — got busy nine months earlier. She also had three brothers and four sisters. But there also may have been another half-sister, as

Over the weekend, a positive thing happened. Actually, more than one positive thing happened. Millions of positive things occurred all over the world, in little spaces, in big places. There were acts of kindness, and gifts of goodness. Smiles, and favors, and good deeds. New discoveries. Old memories. I am thankful for all of these