Highlands, NC July 28, 2022 When we walked into the church, the congregation was praying the Rosary. That’s always a good sign. Unfortunately, it’s also a rare one. The usual ambience before a Novus Ordo Mass is a buzz of casual conversation, like a crowd gathering for a high school play. Gone from most parishes […]
Auburn, AL July 12, 2022 “The level of spending and income in America may be increasing according to government statistics, but if Americans work longer hours than they ever did and their basic nutrition is deteriorating, there must be something seriously wrong with the money they’re using, both as a store and measure of value.” […]
Atlanta, GA June 15, 2022 Trapped by our political pilots on what appears to be a cultural kamikaze mission, let’s sample their potpourri of disaster as we hurtle helplessly toward the ground. Up the aisle, a stewardess stumbles toward us amid the incessant turbulence of accelerating societal decay. Her dilapidated cart is laden with assorted […]
Atlanta, GA June 8, 2022 “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that is the Stuff Life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin The last couple years made it easy to feel sorry for ourselves. A select few of us have the fortitude to resist the temptation. Most of us don’t. I […]
Jekyll Island, GA May 14, 2022 On Sapelo Island, I had to constantly remind myself where we were. It felt more like a foreign country than a secluded island in my own state. And, in some sense, it is. Its dedicated citizens have a unique culture and a proud history that is being pressed to […]
Atlanta, GA May 10, 2022 For those who believe in God, no explanation is necessary. For those who don’t believe in God, no explanation is possible. – From The Song of Bernadette Jefferson speculated that were we to ask any well-traveled person in which country he’d prefer to live, he’d likely say his own…where he’d […]
Atlanta, GA May 2, 2022 Life is a continuous series of forks in the road. Some are obvious; most are opaque. But we take them all, whether we know it or not. This missive alone may take quite a few, so I hope patient readers will remain for the ride (the impatient ones are already […]
Atlanta, GA April 17, 2022 Last week was Masters’ week, which in north Georgia is usually delightful. Until yesterday, when rain rolled in, this year was no exception: clear, sunny afternoons book-ended by chilly mornings and cool nights. The birds are chirping, the azaleas flower, and Atlanta’s arboreal canopy is in seasonal blossom. Bees are […]
Atlanta, GA March 20, 2022 Well, I guess we’re never getting that hour back. Even when government does the right thing, it does the wrong thing. Last week, Senate voted to remove the ridiculous ritual of adjusting clocks. But it did so by keeping the wrong time. Starting next year….assuming the House and president agree […]
Atlanta, GA March 5, 2022 Yesterday we trod the long road from the inception of Ukraine a couple thousand years ago to its most recent invasion last week. Today, as we try to understand what’s happening now, we take comfort knowing one thing for sure: we can’t. And that the closer we look, the farther […]