“You have a halo that I can’t see.” I used to tell my students they had halos, when we walked from the school to the church early Friday mornings. I was responsible for the student lectors and would take them to church when the dew was often still on the grass, to practice their reading. [...]
I've spent two days agonizing over the blurb for Death Comes to the Science Fair. It's definitely reached the Don't get it right, get it written stage. When Laurel, a new first-grade teacher at the local Catholic school, witnesses a random car crash on her way to work, she has no idea that it will [...]
Diane Tucker’s blog, the Shy MuseumGoer, has a new posting about Blessed Fra Angelico. The pictures are beyond lovely and her descriptions are illuminating, as always. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/11/15/explore-fra-angelico-paintings/ Diane Tucker is the kind of person who takes a friend to the museum, and pretty soon has half a dozen other people following her around, pretending it’s [...]
I am still entering the last of the edits a very lovely person did for me. About 900 wandering commas need to be fixed and I don't seem able to do more than 100 at a time. Also, I lost track of various doctor appointments today so I am about out of time. However! Sunday [...]
Saint Martin is one of the saints that everyone thinks they know. He was a Roman soldier who cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar. Then he discovers that the beggar was actually Jesus himself. Martin gives up his life in the army, becomes a hermit, a reluctant bishop, and a symbol [...]
