I suppose it had to happen eventually. At approximately 6:50 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, I officially became a
Category: Genealogy
Simbang Gabi Day 2: Working with What He Has
It’s no easy task to read out loud, much less make an interesting homily out of, the genealogy of Jesus. Yet Father Randy Gonzales managed to do both at today’s pre-dawn
Goin’ Down to Dixieland
My sister and I are headed to Petersburg, Virginia, this weekend. It’s been a kind of Civil War year for us already, having gone to Antietam, Harpers Ferry, and
A New York State (or Colony) of Mind
I’m thinking about spending four days or so in the next few weeks in Dutchess County, New York. You know, the Poughkeepsie area, about an hour or so north of Manhattan, where the most popular time for a visit is fall foliage.