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In the previous post about mistakes ( Making mistakes/owning mistakes  ) I wrote that one truth about Galileo is that he asked the Church in 1616 to declare as dogma that the earth moved and the sun stood still. Cardinal Robert Bellarmine was alive at this point and had a hand in the response.  What the Church [...]

Duncan hesitated before his next comment. “In your last letter you said that you were going to see the bishop about your rules and your community. Did he say that Marielle had no authority? Is that why you finally came?” “I think I wrote another letter after we went to the bishop. I guess you [...]

A few weeks ago my husband and I were out driving on a street with two lanes each way. At a major intersection we were in the left lane but planning to go straight and we were behind two other cars also going straight.  In the right lane next to us was a car with [...]

I told him what Simon and Killian had told me and it made him shake his head. Finally he said, “I guess I’d like to know if the missing rams are related to this. But I was so sure I did know what had happened to me. Did Killian say anymore?”    “That’s all I [...]

Last year in November I tried the experiment of doing Nanowrimo which is short for National Novel Writing Month.  The challenge is to write 1700 words every day during November. The Nanowrimo website is set up to let you track your words and sends encouraging messages along with an internet sticker that says you are [...]

“Do you have to go? Can I go? You really need more rest.” The bruises on his face stood out vividly and I imagined his side was not much better from what the hospital had told me. “Don’t fuss, Jess. I’ll be alright and you can’t count the sheep for me.” His smile kept the [...]

I sat for a bit considering the situation. The caretaker aspect was very clear to me.  Duncan was not going to go very far; I was going to stay quite close to him for the next few days. Not just because he was old and injured but because something fairly awful had happened and evidently [...]