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Today is a snow day. School is closed due to inclement weather. What a break!! I just finished removing all the snow from our driveway. Thank God for snow blowers. I have a 5 horsepower single stage snow thrower and it works great. Since I have nothing else to do today except drink tea and … Read more

I frequently read Quakers Colonel. In fact it’s on my bookmark list. Today I was reading his well written post comparing George Bush and Abraham Lincoln. Read more here… . I regularly pray for President Bush. I think he needs our prayers. He must be a very troubled man if he has a conscience. He … Read more

Believe it or not this blog has been nominated for two different awards. I never intended this to be anything more than random rambling, but someone must think what I’m writing is credible. I’ve been nominated in two categories. If you want to vote for this or any blog you can surf over to CatholicBlog … Read more

Real life isn’t always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgment of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties. –Sara Ban Breathnach A friend of mine used to say “don’t despise the negative.” That is very true and yet so … Read more

Fr. Bob’s homily today at Mt. Irenaeus focused in large part on today’s gospel reading. He pointed out something in Luke’s Gospel that I had never heard or seen and it makes a significant difference in my reading and hearing it. The point he made was referencing verse 20 of Luke 6, “And raising his … Read more

Last Thursday I flew to Chicago with a couple of educators to attend the Macarthur Foundation sponsored event at Newberry Library in Chicago entitled, “Do Video Games Help Kids Learn?”. I’m glad I was able to attend. We were surrounded by about 250 educators from around the United States. Higher education, K-12 from both private … Read more

I’ve been watching Senator Barack Obama announce his candidacy for the presidency. I don’t know much about him, but I am encouraged by his positive vision. Yesterday as I waited to board my flight home at O’Hare Airport in Chicago I picked up the book, Audacity of Hope, and read some of the endorsements on … Read more

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.–St. Francis of Assisi

Many years ago when I was in London, I walked into a bookshop and saw a book entitled My Mother, Myself. This is an intelligent title. Your mother, yourself. You can write another book, My Daughter, Myself. Or My Son, Myself; My Father, Myself. It is the actual reality. When you get angry with your … Read more

This week the President has proposed a budget that is nearly 3 trillion dollars. Much of it is for war. Included in that budget is over 100 billion in cuts to Medicare and other vital services to our elderly. Call, write or visit your elected representatives and demand action. Today I was talking with a … Read more