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Dumb at Literature

In high school and college, I used to feel so stupid studying literature because I never saw the imagery within it on my own.  When I read...

I Am No Longer Against Fox Hunts

            My exposure to fox hunting was entirely via television and, in particular,...

Fending Off Cougars in the Age of Divorce

            I have a bunch of kids and I homeschool and I pretend to be a writer so I...

How Am I to Love Neighbors Such as These?

            One Saturday morning, I came upon a collage of pictures of smiling men in...

20 May 2023

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...

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14 May 2023

Children are naturally curious creatures and with so many under one roof coupled with the fact that we homeschool, we...

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Becoming a Haiku

Becoming a Haiku

Even as a child, I was fascinated with the concept of Haiku poetry.  It seemed madness to me to take something as free-flowing and...

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It’s Nice to be Back

It’s Nice to be Back

I won’t go into all the reasons as to why I’d stayed away.  Suffice it to say, the Church had always been my sanctuary from the world and...

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The Habit of Being

The Habit of Being

A Review I was very uncomfortable with Flannery O'Connor's writing. I am a very sunshine-y person who loves to read about my faith so when I heard...

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S(k)in Cancer

S(k)in Cancer

I started the new year with a melanoma diagnosis.  It was a very small tumor that had not spread.  The treatment was to just cut out all...

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