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I must say that grief is an animal I’ve never really had to deal with before. And now I am finding that I am not too well prepared to grapple with it. Sometimes it wins. I must tell you all that the day my mom died, I took my rosary and walked along the windy […]
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I feel as though I am having a crisis of faith. Why is there so much ugliness in the world? Why won’t politicians act in the interest of the whole nation? Why won’t people get vaccinated? Why are guns everywhere and another school shooting no longer shocks us? I’m looking for sense in all of
My latest book will be out on February 5, 2022. It has been a long struggle to bring this project to completion. I have been working on it for over five years and it was rejected many times. Finally Pope Francis’ declaration of the Year of St Joseph prompted me to rewrite it. Now after
I had to buy flowers today. Dining room table was asking That I throw the dead ones away. But those were the last ones from My flower beds, and I didn’t Want to toss them just yet. I get so sad at the end Of growing season. The decaying Heads of old friends who have
Today, as the country pauses to recall that frightening day twenty years ago, I take a moment, too. I was still working then. I was in our lab at Cornell setting up an experiment when a graduate student burst in saying something awful had just happened in New York City. I turned on my radio
I lost my mother on August 23, 2021. I still am processing this. It is hard to come to grips with the fact that I will never see her again this side of death. I will never hear her laugh, listen to her stories, share gossip, or cook together again. My heart is full of
Spring is springing. The peepers are singing and so am I! For some reason this past winter seemed long and hard. I’m sure part of it is the pandemic, but as I age the short days get to me more. Also this winter had a lot of snow. I like to watch it fall, but
Yesterday and today are snowy days. I have a love/hate relationship with snow. I love to watch it fall. You see, snow has moods just like me. Sometimes it falls in a lazy pensive manner. Big fat flakes that seem in no hurry to do anything or go anywhere. That is how I wish I
One of my favorite sights in the Ithaca area is Taughannock Falls in Taughannock Sate Park. https://parks.ny.gov/parks/taughannockfalls The falls plunge over 200 feet in a gorge that is over 400 feet deep. It is truly spectacular. Over the last few weeks we have had a lot of snow followed by rain swelling the falls to
I was born on a farm, so gardening is just a part of me. I’ve joked that I have mud in my veins instead of blood. If my fingernails aren’t dirty by evening in the spring, summer and fall, then it’s not been a good day. The garden (vegetable or flower) is my happy place.