The reality on January 15, 2018. Perhaps the most ironic moment of the day is when I drove my used-but-still-slightly-luxurious (heated seats!) sedan down a street in Highland Park. Highland Park, the city-with-a-city, where the larger city is Detroit and the smaller city isn't doing so hot with violence, poverty, and danger itself. I wentContinue reading "MLK day reflections"
Celebrity Interview. With my sister.
Ceebs is back in town for the holidays, so I thought you'd probably love to hear a celeb interview with this queen. Enjoy. We're all ready for this. Where do you most hope to visit? Mmmmm. The Holy Land. Me: What do you want to do there? See there? I think it's pretty cool thatContinue reading "Celebrity Interview. With my sister."
What I Wore Wednesday
It's cold in Michigan these days, very cold and often dark. We've already hit some kind of record (snow? cold? does it matter when the prize isn't worth winning?) and the rest of the week has the high temps somewhere in the single digits. I just finished hiking 30+ miles in the bitter cold overContinue reading "What I Wore Wednesday"
We didn’t die: NYE 2017
As you probably know, my favorite New Year's thing of. all. time. was going to Marytown, a Franciscan Friary just north of Chicago, for prayer and talks and all the celebration, but (alas) that ship has sailed so Ursela took some matters into her own tentacles. Back up a few months, me looking at NewContinue reading "We didn’t die: NYE 2017"
The lavish hand that made us
Earlier this week, when I was sitting in my office, I remembered this quote, from a different blog I once read, and then I looked back, back, back in time, to see if I could find it again. Here 'tis. [The] dinner party is a true proclamation of the abundance of being--a rebuke to theContinue reading "The lavish hand that made us"
Advent-y
Today was a December day, but warmer than it has been, and the snow melted a bit all day long. I had to fill up my tank at lunchtime, and I looked over at the city, shrouded in fog and I thought, “Man, today is looking good.” So I took that picture. The days areContinue reading "Advent-y"
The best laid Advent plans
So well laid. Such Advent plans. Early, early morning gym. Early morning mass. Get holy and stuff. And then, day one of Advent-week, Monday itself...I came down with a violent stomach flu for a couple days. Today was the first time back at work. Le sigh. I'm working on a new linocut for Christmas. IContinue reading "The best laid Advent plans"
Our Lady of Detroit
Been working on some art, fam. Well, this one is some older art, from the summer vacation I took with my cousin, Hanna, on the western side of the state in the dunes and trees and water and beauty of Lake Michigan. Bam: Te gusta? I call her, "Our Lady of Detroit," made originally forContinue reading "Our Lady of Detroit"
State of the Union (and me)
I had a dream a few weeks ago that I was in a car accident. In this dream, it was a very bad car accident. My car was totaled, my little silver sedan, taken away in a tow-truck. Now, not only was my car totaled, but there was a multiple-car pile-up, on the highway, andContinue reading "State of the Union (and me)"
Are there rice crispy treats in heaven?
Heaven, like God, is not bound by time. My sister once nearly cried herself to sleep trying to wrap her elementary-schooled mind around the eternal nature of God and the experience scarred me, so, I don't often try to ponder the implications of God's everlasting presence. Besides, of course, that heaven will last forever. IContinue reading "Are there rice crispy treats in heaven?"
Seashell Nell 