All in the Family

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” (Luke 8:21, NABRE) If you… Continue reading All in the Family

Restoration

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. This portrait is of my great-grandmother Abigail Leane Rigney, taken by one of my great-aunts around 1910. (And yes, that’s me taking the picture in the background, sorry.)… Continue reading Restoration

A Capitals (and Friends) Love Letter

Back in March 1978, one of my wire service duties was to take dictation on the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey games. I’d never been to a hockey game. I figured out what hat tricks and power plays were, and that was about it. In the fall of 1984, I’d recently moved to… Continue reading A Capitals (and Friends) Love Letter