Charleston, SCApril 6, 2018 “Didn’t you see me fall?” inquired our exasperated younger son. “When?” “Just now! I tripped over the curb and fell. I was right next to you and you just kept walking.” “No, sorry…I didn’t see that.” “Sigh…” Such is the allure of this charming town that David could stumble onto the […]
Charleston, SC April 2, 2018 Is the Pope Catholic? Much like that other Socratic inquiry, “Does a bear sh*t in the woods?”, this retort was till recently a stock affirmation of a blatantly obvious question or assertion. It is now a genuine concern… …particularly after the ostensible successor to St Peter reputedly (on Maundy Thursday, […]
Atlanta, GA April 1, 2018 Spring is in the air. The days are lengthening, the azaleas are blooming, the pollen is falling, the temperature is rising. The baseball season opened last week, the college basketball season closes this week, and the Masters will be played next week. Yesterday was the second full moon this […]
St Louis, MO March 29, 2018 (Uh oh..he’s again at the airport, with time to kill, gazing at departing aircraft while thoughts percolate, keyboard at the ready…) Many of our most familiar phrases derive from either the plays of Shakespeare or the books of the Bible. The authorship of each remains a source of uncertainty […]
Portland, OR March 18, 2018 As hordes of hungover revelers mustered strength to lift themselves from bed (or wherever they lay) and run the Shamrock Race, we opted instead for Mass at St Michael’s, praying for our souls and their soles. Founded in 1894 as the Italian National Parish of Portland, the Romanesque Church and […]
Portland, OR March 17, 2018 The Irish-ish have descended on the Great Pacific Northwest. As if this wet, environmentally conscious city was not already greener than a high school hedge fund manager, along comes St Patrick’s Day to turn City of Roses into the Kilkenny of the Willamette Valley. The revelers began pouring toward, the […]
Portland, OR March 16, 2018 Little did I realize how fortunate I have been the last several years. St Louis is well-known as the Gateway to the West. It is perhaps less recognized as a gateway to the morgue. This week, at least, I chose the option of going […]
St Louis, MO March 12, 2018 I have a younger brother who last week climbed another rung on the ladder of middle-age, and an older son who last month progressed to within a year of what our legal arbiters define as “adulthood.” Of course, the one might claim he is not so far up the ladder […]
Ginnie Springs, FL February 18, 2018 I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. – Henry David […]
Atlanta, GAFebruary 2, 2018 “A beautiful light is going out in the world.” So ended today’s email from my mother to Brett and me informing that an ostensibly dormant cancer had returned and will allot only a “few more weeks” to one of the best friends she and our family could ever hope to […]