The way things open and close
She arrived in our house after we’d been married a few months, part mistake and part fate the way good things always are. We had seen teeny-tiny kittens in the pet store, so I went to the animal shelter to…
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Tag Archive: death
Standing out (or is it, “out standing in its field”)
I actually stopped on my bike ride and did a U-turn to get this photo. In between us we have a rock wall and a horse pasture, but there is is, one lone tree changed so much that it stands…
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Choose me.
Even though Sunday trumped yesterday’s feast of St. Maximilan Kolbe, our priest talked about him during the homily because he darned well felt like it. I love this guy. He’s old, ready to retire, and if he has something good…
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At risk of getting flamed on my own blog, which is always fun, I’m not “overjoyed” or celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden. You’ll note I’m not saying he didn’t deserve to die, or we shouldn’t have killed him….
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Do it now, do it now, do it now.
On Saturday, I heard that my favorite author had died. Rest in peace, Diana Wynne Jones. May perpetual light shine upon her. On March 2nd, I had a very strong urge to write fan mail to Diana Wynne Jones, to…
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