Sunday I took my two oldest sons to Family Day at the Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana. My Aunt, who is in her 60s, has been part of the community there since she was 18. It’s pretty cool walking around such a place. I’ve taken my sons to St. Meinrad and we’ve snuck around,…
Last night we had our little Friday night get together and it was a really good time. We set up the sitting room with no furniture in it and covered the floor with korpatchas, sort of like sleeping bags that don‚Äôt open from Central Asia, to sit on. Five families all sat around in our…
When I was in second grade, I was of the age, just like everyone else in my second grade class, to have my First Communion. Mental maturity or physical maturity, or personal belief for that matter, didn‚Äôt really come into play, but since June of 1981 had come and gone and I lived until September…
Today I went to a funeral for a guy that I was friends with as a kid. He’s just a few months older than me and he died this past weekend of pneumonia and complications that came from the surgery to fix his pneumonia. One thing that struck me funny at the funeral was how…
So last night it was a cool night and I thought it would be good to open some windows and let some of the cool night air fill up our house. I went around and, since it was well after dark, opened each blind, pulled the window open a bit, and then closed the mini-blinds…
I just realized that even though I read and thought and did stuff yesterday, I forgot to blog! So, for your viewing pleasure, dear reader, here is a link to the photo gallery of what the wind did yesterday in my park:
I did not buy you a $300 bike so you could strap a big bucket of kitty litter to the back of it. My wife, after seeing my latest bicycle rack hack.
With the closing of N. Greenriver and $4 gasoline, I’m going to try to bike to work today… We’ll see how it goes. If all goes well, I’ll slip in a detour to the Donut Bank on my way!
During the most important part of the church service, the background music played is an anthem to their country. Pictures of their military are shown, some even with guns in hand, while the congregation meditates on the Eucharist-the body and blood of Jesus who said “blessed are the peacemakers.” At the end, the men’s choir…
So there I was, going to close on my house. The realtors from both sides were there, the loan guy, and the closing guy. It was kind of refreshing to sign a bunch of documents in a language that I could read. After two years of getting docs shoved in my face in the 9th…
