Yesterday was not Friday but I posted anyway. So today I'm offering a link to the obituary of a man I never heard of. (But I should have.) The anecdote at the end about the Beatles and Yoko Ono is quite entertaining. I also love the part where he was a "Catholic atheist" because only [...]
Re-reading The Great Gatsby
I was struck by the beauty of Fitzgerald's imagery. ... drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam ... It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with grey-turning, gold-turning light. The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds [...]
Blue ridges and glorious valleys
Over the weekend, I drove down the western spine of Virginia, through the Blue Ridge mountains, and then returned. Somehow I was totally surprised by the landscape. I think I usually see the Blue Ridge mountains from the eastern side. At dusk they can look absolutely turquoise-teal blue, bluer-than-blue blue. It’s suddenly obvious how they [...]
Traveling …
I'm out floating around... so The Arlington Diocese did a web interview with twelve men who will be ordained on June 7 at Saint Thomas More Cathedral. The interview is up on the diocesan website under the Clergy Assignments 2025 page. I wanted to share a link to the videos it can't be done. If [...]
All the Leos
Who were the thirteen previous Pope Leo’s? Three previous Pope Leo’s served for more than twenty years -- Leo I, the Great, Leo III, and Leo XIII. Five of them served for less than three years, of which two were less than a month. (Leo V and Leo XI). There was a Pope Leo when [...]
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