If you live in America, like me, chances are that you are spending your day today home from work, cooking out with your family in celebration of the unofficial start of the summer season. Today is Memorial Day in America, and while most of us don’t give a passing thought to what this day isContinue reading “Memorial Day”
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Saint Patrick
As an Irish-American, St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. I love to celebrate with family and friends, and while St. Patrick’s Day in the US is mostly an excuse to throw a parade and get drunk, that isn’t the way it’s traditionally celebrated in Ireland. In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is aContinue reading “Saint Patrick”
Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wedneday. If you’re not Catholic, you may have no idea what that means. If you live in an area with a large Catholic community or in an area with denominations that celebrate the liturgical calendar, you may see people walking around with ashes on their forehead in the shape of a cross.Continue reading “Ash Wednesday”
Shed A Little Light
Oh, let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King and recognize that there are ties between us, all men and women, living on the earth. Ties of hope and love, sister and brotherhood, that we are bound together in our desire to see the world become a place in which our children canContinue reading “Shed A Little Light”
A Beautiful Mess 