A Bit of Horn Blowing

I had dinner last night with a good friend, who gently chided me about having to get news about my writing life from a mutual friend. “That’s why I follow your blog,” she said. Now, for someone who works in marketing, that was a pretty humbling reminder of a very basic tenet: people get their… Continue reading A Bit of Horn Blowing

On the Nightstand: October 2014

Recently, a priest suggested I pray with the Blessed Virgin Mary to help better hear God’s desires for me on a couple of decision points. He noted, more elegantly than this, that Mary pondered many things in her heart… listened to the Lord… and went about her life instead of being paralyzed with indecision. A… Continue reading On the Nightstand: October 2014

On the Nightstand: September

I’m going to be traveling quite a bit in the coming weeks, so I went looking for something I could read on my Kindle. I wanted something not too deep, but also not too “pop.”   The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown with its ten guideposts for personal introspection seemed to fit the bill.  While I’ve gotten… Continue reading On the Nightstand: September

On the Nightstand: August

Last weekend, I was purging my personal library, and ran across this book by Joan Chittister. I loved two of her earlier books (In Search of Belief and Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope) and am not sure why I didn’t get around to this one, which was a gift, earlier. Chittister calls happiness “is an organ of… Continue reading On the Nightstand: August