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Writing about Catholic scientists and ideas that feed my own Catholic fiction

New book!

December 19, 2025December 17, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

Death Comes to the Science Fair is live! Click here to go to Amazon. https://a.co/d/d4llmzk This book has been quite the learning experience, not just because I struggled with the writing, but because I made so many mistakes in getting it finally published! I looked straight at a mockup of the cover and failed to [...]

Posted in current book progress

Physical therapy and its aftermath…

December 16, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

I went to Physical Therapy yesterday and my therapist really ramped up the intensity. Today my brain is broken. Particularly, I can’t do something called a Straight Leg Lift on the side where I had surgery. The description is so straightforward. “Lie on back. Bend one knee. Lift the other leg, keeping it straight, to [...]

Posted in church pictures, doctors, family

Where is my Book?

December 12, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

My brain is seriously scattered these days. I’m waiting for the second proof copy of my book so I can check on the new iteration of the cover art. I absolutely love the picture, and it is full of tiny details that make me laugh. Death Comes to the Science Fair needs to make its [...]

Posted in current book progress, family, flour, speciality, recipe, cookie, recipe, wheat

Shadows on the moon

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

“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. [...]

Posted in celestial events, current book progress, family, seeing, vision

The invention of Kevlar?

December 5, 2025 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

My fundamental belief in looking at the physical world is this.  The world is more fascinating and full of wonder, than any one person will ever be able to understand.  I know some people see science and religion as being at odds with each other. This is something I cannot really comprehend on an emotional [...]

Posted in art institute of chicago, catholic scientists

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