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Category: Spirituality

Letting Go of Perfection, and Enjoying the Ride

I’ve been going to a nearby sing-along Messiah for eight years or so. The soloists are always first rate, the conductor excellent and infectiously joyous, the musicians superb.

Published December 2, 2012
Categorized as Family, Friendship, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Music, Nonfiction, Spirituality

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,

Published September 23, 2012
Categorized as Catholicism, Friendship, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Saints, Spirituality, Writing

Of Rocks… and Rolling

Four miles. I mean, really, how difficult could four miles be? I’d walked twice that before, and the Rose River Trail in the Shenandoah National Park was only rated moderate. My sister and I went in on the fire road; it’s harder to start that way, but then you have an

Published September 2, 2012
Categorized as Family, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Uncategorized

Reflecting on Relics

My sister and I went to a nearby parish last week to view the Treasures of the Church road show of relics. You know, relics–bits of bone or flesh or garments or hair of saints, or

Published July 29, 2012
Categorized as Catholicism, Life in the 50s, Nonfiction, Saints, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Writing

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