On the Nightstand: July 2016

So this is kind of fun. I’m not 100 percent sure what I’m reading this month. I AM sure it will be a book by Debby Giusti, and I’m excited about that! Debby is an award-winning author of inspirational romantic suspense (or, as she puts it on her web site, “Faith with an edge… cross my… Continue reading On the Nightstand: July 2016

Friends in Faith: Katie Ryan

Katie Ryan has a high-powered job on Capitol Hill. People notice her for a lot of reasons, including her intelligence and her physical beauty. What resonates for me is Katie’s deep faith. She made a Cursillo Weekend a few years ago, and thereafter rededicated herself to prayer time and daily Mass attendance as often as… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Katie Ryan

Of Roads–Broad and Narrow, Long and Dark

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. So humor me. It’s my birthday, one of those big ones that ends in a zero and gets you savings at restaurants, grocery stores, theaters and more. For… Continue reading Of Roads–Broad and Narrow, Long and Dark

Requiem for a Southern Belle

It was almost exactly thirty years ago. I would turn thirty the next day, and it would mark the first time in recorded history that I would be working on my birthday. Never mind that it would be in the wooded beauty of central Wisconsin. I was not happy about it. For reasons lost to the mists… Continue reading Requiem for a Southern Belle