Monthly Archives: September 2018

Abbot Isaac was teaching a group of us Chapter 4 from the Rule of St. Benedict. “Do not hold a grudge. Do not return evil for evil. Do no wrong to anyone and bear patiently those wrongs done to you … Continue reading →

Paulette and I used to subscribe to the National Geographic magazine. We had to cancel our subscription when our house started to sink from the weight of all the issues we had saved – just kidding. We enjoyed the articles, … Continue reading →

First Posted on April 27, 2017 Imagine sitting in a comfy armchair reading a book about flying an airplane. When you’ve finished reading the book, you are in exactly the same place. You haven’t flown anywhere. The same thing can … Continue reading →

When my grandkids were little, they spent the entire summer with us at the lake. I started each summer with an ample supply of colorful childrens’ Band-Aids, ready for needy little cuts and scrapes. Grammy’s Band-Aids were fun! If a … Continue reading →

We know acronyms are like NASA, an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word.  In this example it stands for:  National Aeronautical Space Association. Sometimes having or using an acronym makes writing simpler, … Continue reading →

“For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ball game .” I’m so glad God is not an umpire . . It’s early in the morning and I’m already stressed with the busy day ahead. So many … Continue reading →

I just finished weeding the garden and now, it is time to prepare dinner. What’s the first thing that I need to do? Yes, wash my hands. For most of us, this is an automatic response to having dirt on … Continue reading →

The summer of 1996 was my last idyllic summer. I didn’t know it, but my life was about to plunge into the valley of shadows. While visiting my mother in Chicago, I discovered the book Cloister Walk in a local … Continue reading →

Fuller was a beautiful black Labrador retriever that had perfect attendance in my multi-variable calculus class. You’ve probably guessed; he was a seeing-eye dog for one of my students, Craig. I had about 70 students in two sections of the … Continue reading →

Great. I get the blog for 9/11. Seventeen years, it has been. Most of our young people from K-12 were not even alive when the World Trade Center’s twin towers became crumbled mortar and ash. Think of this: seventeen years … Continue reading →