“Pygmy Darts” was the worst, though it made no sense. “Smelanie” was next, because I didn’t. A friend some time ago suggested I write on derogatory names, things like “redneck” and
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Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.
Have You Seen My…
When I was young, I lost mittens and gloves constantly, which is not a good thing when you grow up in South Dakota and have to walk twenty miles, one way, through the snow, to school. (OK, so it was more like half a mile, but we did have to come home for lunch, so
It’s a Beautiful Noise
A cavern was hardly the place I expected to have my soul stirred by music–or to admire genius. But there it was, deep in the Luray Caverns, delicate music, almost like lace, accompanied
Of Elevators and Pews
You might say today’s homily began with an elevator pitch. The priest asked us to think about what we or others do in an elevator–read the operation license, watch the lights move from floor to floor, check our phones,