Personal STORIES
Faces
“In her face, I saw such things as make me say, ‘Now God, who made such a one, be praised.’” Dante, La Vita Nuova When I look at Rita, I see her face. Always have.
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Don’t Get In The Truck!
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? (Advice to the Young) When our kids are young, things blur, memories telescope, or as our daughter and mother of five recently put it perfectly, “Days seem endless sometime, but the years fly by.” Grandchildren,…
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The Art of Fire Maintenance
A well tended fire in our wood stove filled from a well stocked wood shed gives to us guaranteed warmth in any storm. But it gives to us intangibles that are even more precious.
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Fragments
Our lives are more a mosaic of many fragments than a perfect narrative with a beginning, two middle acts, and a cohesive happy ending. Our lifelong task is to do the best we can with each opportunity as it presents itself. The invitiations to kindness and love are not always apparent, and there is no calendar notification in our…
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Background & Perspective
Migration
Making America Great Again means returning to the embracing kindness and welcome of our better nature, not the xenophobia, mistrust, envy, and animus that informs much of the debate on these issues, especially in social media and on the internet.
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Coming Home
Another perspecitive on one our most troubling issues. Is there a more comprehensive and just solution to our immigration controversy?
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Lion (Part Two)
Pope Leo XIV and many others recognize an existential challenge that questions our understanding of human anthropology and will fall upon us ready or not. It’s not an “if” question but is already among us.
Understanding what’s coming is essential to us all.
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No Woodchucks
An absence of woodchucks and their pups is an ephemeral disappointment. There are far worse disappoinments and worsening tragedy.
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