Barney, My Love's brother, died last Monday, August 15, after more than a year of fighting cancer.  His funeral, which was celebrated la...

Yesterday we buried My Love's Father, Gerald.  At the wake the preceding evening, I shared the following reflections. Gerald loved to...

Waking up yesterday morning to temperatures of 14 degrees below zero was a real shock.  Never getting up to the zero mark for the whole day ...

Ten inches of snow last Sunday and Monday; thirty miles per hour winds Tuesday; eight degrees below zero on Wednesday; and the promise of mo...

Two stories in the news caught my attention over the weekend.  One was the obviously tragic shooting in Tucson, AZ in which six persons died...

Sam and Linda were unable to make the payments on their car loan.  Consequently, the vehicle was repossessed by the finance company.  Yet, e...

A couple of days ago there was a mini poll on the front page of the local newspaper.  The question was asked:  Was 2010 a good year or a bad...

What a scary shock and jolting surprise it was to come home last Sunday afternoon to find a large, jagged hole in our kitchen window.  Lying...

In the musical, "Fiddler On The Roof,"  Tevya displays a beautiful and very real relationship with God.  He carries on a conversat...

Growing up in a Catholic family, attending a K-12 Catholic school, worshipping in a Catholic faith community, I oft heard the refrain:  ...

Over the weekend, I watched an interview with a man coming out of a Best Buy store.  He detailed how he had just purchased several wide scre...

I'm grateful that I'm not a turkey, though some may dispute that reality.  Not because I'd be in danger of ending up on someone...

When I went off to college after graduating from high school, it was the farthest I had ever been from home.  In fact, when I had traveled t...

In the last year I have noticed several studies published highlighting the importance of a good night's sleep.  All of them seem to conf...

When I began jotting down my reflections nearly two years ago in this blog form, my goals were quite limited and simple.  Though I was doin...

On the evening news one night last week, there was a segment about a young man who was trying to live with 100 or less items in his life.  H...

In high school there was the face off between the Geeks and Jocks.  Depending on which side of the divide one was on, the other side was see...

My memory does not go back far enough to recall a fall season that has been more pleasant than this one.  For the last four weeks we have ha...

When I was growing up in the 50's and the 60's, I remember there being a strong sense of national responsibility and accountability ...

My nephew's wife was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer of the breast.  My sister's husband has been battling a pr...

Tom was the son of Catholic parents and the product of twelve years of Catholic education. He grew up in the full knowledge and formation of...

Recently I attended the 50th Reunion of my high school graduating class. It was a wonderful celebration with nearly half of the living membe...

We are into the second week of Lent already. So far the biggest penance has been putting up with the weather and all the cold, snow and blus...

Yesterday I went to the doctor for a fasting blood test. After the nurse checked my pulse and blood pressure, she withdrew the requisite tw...

Over the weekend there were three headlines in the news that caught my eye: 1. Tiger Woods: Sorry For Behavior 2. Texas Man, Angry With IRS,...