God speaks to me through Dove candy wrappers. Really. The first time I got my paws on one of those Dove chocolates with the almost pithy phrase printed on the inside, I had just prayed asking God to affirm for me that my decision to be confirmed in the Catholic Church was the right choice. […]
Naked
Last night I had a dream I was visiting a very crowded hospital and walking the halls completely naked. The only people I had to avoid were those in my family. It was a great dream!
Tea Bags of Love
Many years ago, I bought my mate, a wonderful wife and mother of 5’2″, a pump pot for Christmas. The next day, I brewed it full of hot tea, and ever since that day, I have been filling it with fresh hot tea every morning I possibly can and she is at home, which is […]
Novena to the Sacred Heart
I combined the text of the Sacred Heart Novena with the text of the traditional prayers so they are conveniently together on one page: Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus I. O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock […]
What is a Drop-in?
This past Sunday, my mate, a wonderful wife and mother of about 5’2″, announced that we would be dropping in for a drop-in after church to celebrate some kid’s First Communion. The kid turned out to be the child of a friend, which if I had paid attention the day before when I was first […]
A Guy With Glasses
Based on 2014 data, the population of the USA is 318 million people. Of those, 76.9% are 18 years or older and 49.2% are male. Thus, Approximately 120 million of those people are male. 58% of men do not wear glasses. That’s 70 million men. Assuming the same percentage holds for clowns and the number […]
Lost and Found Plot Development
Yesterday I finished taking an online course through the fine people at One Story. The course was presented by Assistant Editor Ann Napolitano and covered a “new way of looking at plot.” The approach focuses on first determining what characters in the story are “missing” from their lives, and then proceeds to follow them through […]
Spend the Rest of Your Life on Vacation
While I was on vacation at the beach in May 2016, I was sitting on the back deck of the house we rented staring over the dunes at the ocean. I decided then and there that I wanted to spend the rest of my life on vacation. I began writing down a few principles that […]
Slender Shadow
The Bill Gates Experience
Thanks to a US Senator who is a friend of the president of the organization I work for, Bill Gates paid a visit to answer questions about … well … stuff Bill Gates would know something about. I decided I would attend. I didn’t really care what Gates had to say. I only attended to […]