A gaggle of college girls were ahead of me yesterday at Starbucks, apparently attached to the tour bus around the block. They were oblivious to the world, chattering among
Category: Memoir
Lent 2013, Day 40: And So It Begins…. and Ends… and Begins Again
Palm Sunday was one of the few days of the year my mother went to Mass. I don’t recall ever going with her, but I do recall the way she’d carefully drape her palms around her
Lent 2013, Day 39: Of Rejection… and Acceptance
HSBC, which once upon a time was the world’s local bank as well as my own, recently rejected one of my credit card transactions simply because the online merchant is based in
Lent 2013, Day 37: Make Me an Instrument
I’ve been out of town on an unplanned trip for much of the week, to see people I didn’t know and who weren’t expecting me. And I have to admit, I was a little surprised–and